Giclée Prints
 
 

Giclée Prints

What is a giclée print? (Pronounced "G-clay") A giclée print is a product of inkjet technology. The process is comparable to the average desktop printer. Ink nozzles spray tiny dots of color (pixels) onto paper or canvas, as compared with lithography which employs the pressing of tiny dots of color from a plate.

Traditionally, prints utilized four colors: magenta, cyan, yellow and black. Today, many giclée printers utilize six, seven, eight and even twelve colors. The increase in color achieves two things: a wider color gamut and smoother tonal transitions. This combined with ever increasing fineness of the dot size has achieved true continuous tone, even as viewed under magnification!

Another amazing accomplishment of giclée printing is the increase in print longevity. Until recently, the inks used by either inkjet or lithographic applications were dye based. That meant a very fast fade rate, some as short as five years. To solve that problem pigment based inks were developed and are now widely used in giclee production. Today, the Wilhelm Institute, a national ink and color testing center, has rated some of the newer pigmented inks as being fade resistant for as long as 150 years!

Giclée printing may revolutionize fine arts reproduction in the same way that the digital age revolutionized the music recording industry. The cost and simplicity of giclée printers make fine art reproduction more directly accessible to artists themselves. And with more accessibility comes greater creativity!  

"Bluff County Farm"
Image size: 33" x 16"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $475.00


Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 16.5 x 8
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $125.00
"Early Spring Road"
Image size: 30" x 20"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $475.00

Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 15 x 10
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $125.00

"Shadow Dance"
Image size: 35" x 17"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $475.00


Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 16.5 x 8
Edition size: 100
 Retail Price: $125.00

"Summer Twilight"
Image size: 33" x 16"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $475.00


Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 16.5 x 8
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $125.00

"Glendalough Bridge"
Image size: 33" x 16"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $475.00

Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 16.5" x 8"
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $125.00
"Grazing Sheep,Wickow Mountains"
Image size: 33" x 16"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $475.00

Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 16.5" x 8"
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $125.00
"August Stream"
Image size: 30" x 20"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $475.00

Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 15" x 10"
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $125.00

"North Dingle Stream"
Image size: 33" x 16"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $475.00

Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 16.5" x 8"
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $124.00
"Heartland Sunrise"
Image size: 35" x 14"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $475.00

Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 17.5" x 7"
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $125.00
"Shoreline Study"
Image size: 20" x 16"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $250.00

Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 10" x 8"
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $85.00
"River Valley Morning"
Image size: 40" x 16.5"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $660.00

Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 10" x 4"
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $85.00
"Wisconsin Vista"
Image size: 36" x 14.5"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $550.00

Also available in miniature edition
Image size: 9" x 13.5"
Edition size: 100
Retail Price: $85.00
"China Town"
Image size: 13.5" x 20"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $195.00
"Minneapolis Farmer's Market-Impatiens"
Image size: 15.25" x 21"
Edition size: 250
Retail Price: $250.00
"St. Paul Farmer's Market"
Image size: 12" x 16.25"
Edition size: 250
$195.00




 
Giclée Prints

Dan Mackerman
2402 University Avenue
St. Paul, MN., 55114
651-644-4144
macke033@tc.umn.edu

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