| If you don't know want a Giclee Print is, it's any | | | | difference. |
| photograph, oil, or watercolor painting reproduced | | | | The best print houses scan the original artwork |
| using an inkjet printer. The image is printed on | | | | using special scanning devices that have the ability |
| archival paper or canvas using archival pigment | | | | to capture every nuance of the original. With the |
| inks. | | | | new 12 color printers the reproduction quality is so |
| One of the biggest reasons for buying Giclee | | | | superior you would swear you have an original. |
| Prints over original artwork is the price of the | | | | The printers today have the ability to lay down |
| print. Giclee Prints are far less expensive than | | | | 2400 or greater dots of ink per inch. With 12 |
| Original Artwork. | | | | colors you have an image that looks like it was |
| Although price alone is a perfectly good reason to | | | | painted directly on the paper or canvas. You can |
| buy Giclee Art, let's take it a step further. | | | | also expect your Giclee Prints to last over 100 |
| Art can be broken into two categories, collector | | | | years because of the archival paper and canvas |
| art and decor art. If you are decorating your | | | | used in combination with archival pigment inks. |
| home or office with art that you purchase with | | | | If an artist is asking four to eight thousand dollars |
| the idea that it will increase in value over the | | | | for an original piece of art, you will find the Giclee |
| years, then by all means purchase only original art. | | | | Prints to be in the range of eight hundred to |
| However, original art has to be displayed properly | | | | twelve hundred dollars. As you can see it will be a |
| so it won't be damaged by the environment. It | | | | considerable savings. |
| also has to be insured for its constant increase in | | | | So the next time you are looking for art, and you |
| value. | | | | are a collector, then purchase originals. If you |
| Giclee art on the other hand, if printed by an | | | | want to use art for decoration, but still want it to |
| expert printmaker, will match the original so | | | | match the original art then purchase Giclee Prints. |
| closely that it will take an expert to tell the | | | | You will not be disappointed. |