FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

The prints are also available with an elegant black wood frame, glass, and backing.
8.5" X 11" ($65.00) or 13" X 19"($120.00). Please check out my news page for the next available show and sale in your area.

Once the proofs are sold, a limited edition of each photograph will be determined and printed on demand.
Each image is outlined with a fine black line and a white faux matte border that is approximately 1" for the smaller prints and approximately 2" for the larger size, allowing room for an actual larger matte, if so desired.

For information regarding the purchase and shipping details of these limited editions,
contact John at jb@jbphotoworks.com.

ABOUT GICLÉE PRINTING

"Giclée" is a digital printmaking technology with great advantages in beauty, quality and durability. The process can be used to print art that has been digitalized from the original, a transparency, negative or from original digital artwork. The digital files are worked using sophisticated graphics software to fine tune the images. They are then translated into a format usable by digital printers in preparation for the print files. Dozens of museums around the world have mounted exhibitions or purchased Giclees for their permanent collections.
The giclée process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction. They have brilliant, exquisite color and razor sharp detail.
They are the closest possible way to duplicate original artwork using today's technology.

Giclee printing technology is providing huge growth in the print market, taking over from the traditional methods (lithographs and screen printing), especially in the fine art business. It has now become the most popular and requested way for artists, galleries and publishers to make reproductions and prints. Traditional methods have been left behind, whilst the majority of printed images all over the world are produced using the Giclee techniques.
This transformation of the way that artwork is reproduced is down to computer technology combining forces with advancing printing techniques. It works by the digital inkjet printer 'squirting' minute droplets of ink onto heavy water-colour paper or artists canvas or archival paper. The computer then controls the ink droplets producing a high resolution image. The fine quality of the printed image is exceptional when compared to conventional printing.
The first giclee machine was an Iris printer, many are still in use today and the manufacturers claim to lead the field in Giclee printing. Iris printers print on a drum which revolves at high speed. This means that the size of the drum dictates the maximum size of paper or canvas, which has to be flexible to fix around the drum
The problem with some early giclee prints was that they were found to be fugitive. This means that the inks faded quickly when exposed to sunlight. Not something you want to happen to your treasured print! Recently, this problem has been solved by the use of much more stable ink-sets and specially coated papers and canvas. We now have a second generation of giclee printers, which are able to use pigmented inks that are extremely stable with a lightfastness of well over 150 years.
For more technical information and research articles visit http://www.wilhelm-research.com