"Zhee-Clay" WHAT IS IT?

What is a giclee "zhee-clay"

Giclée (pronounced [ʒiːˈkleɪ] "zhee-clay" or /dʒiːˈkleɪ, from French IPA: [ʒiˈkle]), is an invented name (i.e. a neologism) for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclée" is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle", or more specifically "gicler" meaning "to squirt, spurt, or spray"[1]. It was coined in 1991 by Jack Duganne[2], a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet-based digital print used as fine art. The intent of that name was to distinguish commonly known industrial "Iris proofs" from the type of fine art prints artists were producing on those same types of printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on Iris printers in a process invented in the early 1990s but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print and is often used in galleries and print shops to denote such prints.

 
 




"Crow Spirit" Keeper of Sacred Law,
by artist: Darcy Gerdes





~Artist proofs: 5- 8x10" signed $25.~ sold: 4/5
24x36" giclee canvas print price: $450.
Printed 5, sold 4   Order one using the link below:
12/2/2010 sold 5/5 order only : darcy@flyingpigmentstudio.com


The "Crow Spirit" giclee was made by Fine Art Printmaking by Adtech Giclee - Featuring The Latest in Micro-Piezo Printing Technology, Long-Life Fade-Resistant Archival Pigments and the World's Finest Imported and Domestic Acid-Free, Archival Papers and Cotton Canvas That Give Your Art the Look and Feel of the Original Paintings.";
http://flyingpigmentstudio.com/m_o_t_o_r_c_y_c_l_e_s.htm  
 
Thanks for stopping in,  Darc
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