Giclée (
zhee-clay) means "to spray ink" with a digital printing
technology created in the 1990s. It is extremely durable with its ink tested to last 92 years without fading or instability on archival acid-free enhanced matte paper.
Donna’s giclées are known for faithfully capturing the visual impact of her originals. Patrons enjoy them as an affordable alternative to the originals for haniging in home and office.
Giclées can be enjoyed for many decades due to use of archival
materials. As with all fine art it is recommended that they have minimal exposure to direct sunlight, heat and high humidity.
The following are snippets from
www.gicleeart.com:
A giclée refers to both a category of collectible fine art similar to lithographs and serigraphs, as well as a type of digitally created fine art print. During the digital printing process, millions of microscopic droplets of ink per second are applied to the print media. The best giclée printers provide 1,800 dpi resolution and blend as many as eight colors of ink.
A giclée is a high-end fine art print recognized as "the next best thing to owning the original". Giclées can be found on display in the world's finest museums and art galleries and often they can be hard to distinguish from originals.
"A fine art print created to strict standards that utilizes special high resolution digital equipment throughout the workflow process leaving no evidence of the technology used while providing archival quality consistent with that of a collectible fine art print."
Giclée prints are noted for resisting fading longer than traditional photographic prints, some original artwork and lithographic prints. It is very possible for giclée's to outlive the artist and perhaps their customer too.
