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Printing Specifications, Information and teminology
PhotoPaper
This NEW premium traditional photo paper features a silver
metallic emulsion that adds brilliance & depth to photo
prints.
Water Color Paper
Acid-free, single-side coated with 50% rag. This media shows
a natural white finish with a slightly-structured, soft-textured
surface matte. This high-quality mould-made paper is ideal
for digital fine art reproductions.
Canvas Matte
A
17.5 mil inkjet coated stretchable canvas with a matte surface
finish. A special ink receptive coating makes the media-resistant
and protects the surface from cracking. Images are brilliant
and well saturated, making this canvas an ideal media for
fine art reproduction.
Stretched & Mounted
When we refer to a "stretched" or "stretched
and mounted" print, we are referring to a canvas print
in which the canvas is secured to a wooden framework called
stretcher strips. The advantage to stretching a print is that
it adds support to the canvas so that it will not buckle or
bend. It also prevents accidental creasing when handling.
When
the print is stretched the canvas is secured using heavy duty
staples on the side. This is the standard for most stretching
and mounting of canvas prints.
Hard back Mounting
"3/16” Gatorboard mounting is available
on all print sizes and paper choices except 5x7. Gatorboard
will increase the durability of your print.
Protective Coatings
A protective surface laminate that COMPLETELY SEALS, waterproofs,
& protects print(s) from UV rays.
Giclee
Limited Edition Prints
What
is a Giclée Print?
Giclée is a French word loosely meaning sprayed. It
has become the accepted term for the type of print that is
being produced on state-of-the-art inkjet printers, which
create the image by depositing millions of infinitesimally
small droplets of ink on a substrate of paper, canvas, film,
etc. The resulting print is nearly continuous in tone, with
individual droplets of ink only barely visible even with a
magnifying glass. The best giclée prints are being
printed using lightfast water-based pigmented inks (rather
than the non-lightfast dye-based ones used in inexpensive
desktop inkjet printers). They are also printed on archival
substrates, and are generally given an additional "print-seal"
coating to help protect them from dust and moisture. Like
any other work on paper, giclée prints should be framed
under glass or sheet acrylic using archival mats and backing
boards, and should not be hung where they will be exposed
to strong light or direct sunlight.
Reputable
giclée printmakers are continually subjecting specific
substrate/ink combinations to rigorous tests for longevity
by Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. and other independent testing
laboratories. The printers we use, with the specific ink/paper
combination used guarantees you a print that will last approximately
100 years, assuming archival framing, and optimal display
conditions.
The
computer is just another tool for the artist, like a brush
or a pen. What makes art art is the artist's vision and passion
for the work, not the medium or the tools used to create the
final product. .You can feel comfortable purchasing these
giclée prints. We take the same care in creating them
as we do in creating works in any other medium we work with.
Most
fine art print editions are limited to 100 prints or less,
and come with a Certificate of Authenticity from the printer
that lists the print title, how many total prints are in the
edition, which number the particular print you have is (expressed
as a fraction: 1/50, meaning your print is number one of a
total of fifty), and how many artist's proofs there are (typically
these will be no more than 10% of the total edition). Authentic
print editions or one-of-a-kind prints (monoprints) are not
copies of an existing artwork. They are created to be original
prints. An exact copy of an existing original work of art
that is reproduced in multiples is considered a reproduction
rather than a fine art print. These reproductions should never
be numbered as original prints are.
Captures the look and feel of original hand-painted art. Use
of this textured, natural-colored, high-gloss printing material
creates professional-quality reproductions of fine art paintings
and photographs.
Giclee prices include a protective surface laminate that COMPLETELY
SEALS, waterproofs, & protects print(s) from UV rays
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