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Last post 07-16-2007 5:29 AM by Marne. 2 replies.
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  • 06-27-2007 9:52 PM

    • zura
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    Giclees

     Marne,  can you or anyone help me learn what giclees actually are?  I know it's a method of printing, but what exactly are the criteria so that it may be called a giclee?

     Secondly, how do you print it on canvas?

    Is this something one can do on their own with the right equipment, or must it be done by a professinal?
     

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    Re: Giclees

    Hi Zura. I found these websites to help answer your question:)

    http://www.novaspace.com/AUTO/Giclee.html

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gicl%C3%A9e

     

     

    Sounds sort of like pointelle art where you create one big picture using dots of color from a pen or paintbrush.

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  • 07-16-2007 5:29 AM In reply to

    • Marne
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    Re: Giclees

    Zura,

    Sorry - I have been away and didn't see your post until now.    Giclee is just a fancy name used in the print market for an ink-jet print. It's a french name meaning "spraying of ink".      I have a large-format Epson ink-jet printer that makes huge prints and uses special archival ink, but ANY image you print from ANY ink-jet printer can be called a giclee!    You can print on paper or you can get ink-jet canvas in any size - I use 60" canvas rolls, but you can get a  box of letter-size canvas from any art store or google "ink-jet paper and canvas" and there will be tons of places to order ink-jet watercolor papers, canvases, even fabric - specially treated for ink-jet printers.     Giclees should be numbered and signed, just like any limited edition print.   Decide how many of each image and size you will print - even though you only need to print each one as you get the order.  

     Since you are printing on a sheet of canvas - you can then stretch the printed canvas onto stretcher bars or mount (paste with a mixture of half elmer's glue and half liquid acrylic matte medium)  the canvas on a board (I even use gator-board) and then frame it.  The ink-jet ink is NOT waterproof.   If you get it wet it will bleed.  So, to set the colors,make sure you spray the print with Kyron matte finish, especially if you want to do some hand-embellishment -  you can use acrylics, pastels, oil crayons, etc to make it look more like an "original" painting.  

     
     

     

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