ABOUT GICLEE PRINTS
A giclée (pronounced jhee' clay) is a museum-quality reproduction printed with high-quality ink by a highly skilled printmaker.
The word "giclee" is derived from the French noun "gicleur" meaning "jet, stream of liquid or gas forced out of an opening". More loosely translated, it means "to spray". The term was created by an early proponent of digital ink jet printing who wanted to elevate the awareness of the superior nature of this new printing process over traditional offset printing -- that a giclee was a print that was "sophisticated" or special.
This new ability to sell reproductions of original art and photographs on different substrates has made giclees a very popular means for artists to offer it for sale at a more reasonable cost than the original .
FineArtAmerica's print-on-demand service allows you to buy fine art prints using any of their nine museum-quality papers and canvases!
Prints may be purchased individually or combined with thousands of mat and frames combinations .
All of their premium papers and canvases are acid-free and, with proper care, will last for generations.
Unframed prints are shipped in sturdy 1/4" cardboard tubes and include a 1" white border to allow for future matting and framing. Prints may also be shipped in flat packaging upon request.
