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Creating Beautiful Prints on Giclee Canvas

Giclee printing is a facinating and unique printing process. Even if one is unaware of the term “giclee printing” they have probably seen the results of it many times before. It is simply the act of reproducing an imagine of great quality using scans of existing digital art. There is no limitation to what fine art giclee canvas prints can do. One example is replicating an image to make a watercolor masterpiece. They can even be used to produce transparency in artwork.

To produce giclee prints from a digital file, artists print them on high-quality canvas using top of the line inkjet printers. Works of all types are used to create photos on canvas - even well known works of art. It’s a simple process but it produces amazing and high quality results especially on fine art paper.

Since the quality of giclee prints are so high, collectors of all sorts desire owning them. Usually, giclee prints are displayed in art meuseums. The reason for this is because since the giclee canvas is of such high quality, the prints are produces look very close to the original work. Even though they are generally displayed to the public people who have a facination with fine arts have been known to seek out giclee prints to display in their own homes.

The Giclee Canvas is On Display

The giclee canvas is on display. When children get exposed to new art forms, you never know where it will lead. Take for example the students at the Steward School. They are so involved with the arts that when it came time for fundraising, they decided to get the local adult artists working with them.

They created a show of 21 artists, in many different media. Possible media to be seen are: giclee printing, canvas photo prints, stained glass, giclee canvas, and clay sculpture.

The parents seemed as excited about the show as the children. Everyone was enjoying see the work of the local artists.

Prices range from $160 to over $4,000, so many of the students will probably treat this more as a trip to the museum than to the mall.

Now, you may be wondering what the term “giclee” means. Giclee is a term which refers to making fine art prints from a digital source, usually by using a very expensive ink-jet printer. Some of you old-fashioned types may object to such a process, but after seeing one of these prints, you may find you change your mind. The quality is very good, with the “dots per inch” much higher than a standard, office ink-jet printer. And the colors are amazing. It is definitely worth having a look at.