*Gicleé
(zhee clay) literally means "spray of ink."
Litho (lithography) refers to a method of printing involving color separations
and a printing press. This allows for the production of mass quantities
of prints at a lower cost. Unlike lithos, giclees are not produced on
a press. Rather, they are done on highly sophisticated ink jet printers.
The image and color are fine tuned digitally, and the paper, high quality
watercolor paper in this case, is strapped to a drum. While the drum
spins, nozzles of ink slowly reproduce the image on the paper. With
as many as 3 million droplets of ink per square inch, the color is very
intense. While more expensive, the quality is very different from lithography.
My giclees are very small editions, some as little as 4. To see details
on the size and edition of the prints, click on the thumbnail. Because
of the expenses involved in creating, storing and marketing an inventory
of prints, I do not anticipate producing more in the near future.
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