| "Giclee" is a style of fine art, which incorporates | | | | very smooth, offering an excellent finish. |
| the use of modern day printers, predominately | | | | While the Giclee procedure can be transferred to |
| 7-color to 12-color format ink jet printers and | | | | any style and format of fine art, it has become |
| digital art work. The process is becoming more | | | | particularly prevalent in the tropical regions, with |
| popular amongst modern day artists who regularly | | | | Hawaiian Giclee prints becoming much sort after in |
| paint in digital format; hence there is no "original" | | | | the art world. While initially the Giclee format had |
| artwork as such. It can also prove very beneficial | | | | received a luke warm welcome from the more |
| to artists working on a tight budget, as they are | | | | traditional of the art world, it has now taken a |
| able to reprint copies of the digital original on | | | | firm place as a modern day art form. Galleries are |
| demand hence less wastage. The Giclee style is | | | | now accepting Giclee artwork into their shows, |
| also being used to produce enhanced prints of | | | | and the collectors are showing a real interest, |
| older original artwork, which is digitally scanned as | | | | resulting in the emergence of a Giclee market |
| a starting point of the process. | | | | place. |
| The beauty of Giclee art is the fact that any | | | | In an art world often set against any new styles |
| digital artwork can be reproduced on a number of | | | | or procedures, which go against the traditional |
| different media, including canvas and specialist | | | | methods, Giclee is starting to make a big name |
| papers giving a very professional look. The quality | | | | for itself and is becoming more and more popular. |
| of today's printers is such that rather than the old | | | | This really is a case of traditional art embracing |
| dot patterns the flow of coloring and texture is | | | | modern technology. |