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What is the definition of a Giclee print. 


I am participating in my first art show next Saturday and am trying to
determine what to say about the prints.

If you live in Atlanta come on by and see me. It will be in Grant Park
Saturday August 9th. My space will be #18.

Thanks 

Steve Schaefer

> What is the definition of a Giclee print.

Printed on an inkjet printer...simple as that.  It sounds a lot more
"uppity" than just saying "inkjet print".

Austin

If we print with archival inks on archival paper, then why not call 
them "archival prints". If they're handcolored, then 
they're "handcolored archival prints". I've done custom framing for 
artists who took their oil paintings down to Kinkos, ran off color 
copies, then called them "Giclee prints" in their literature and on 
their print racks. Giclee has become a pretentious, meaningless term. 
Since it's a French word, why not call them "Freedom Prints? (sorry, 
had to do that.)

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steven Schaefer 
<stevenr@m...> wrote:
> What is the definition of a Giclee print. 
> 
> 
> I am participating in my first art show next Saturday and am trying 
to
> determine what to say about the prints.
> 
> If you live in Atlanta come on by and see me. It will be in Grant 
Park

> Saturday August 9th. My space will be #18.
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Steve Schaefer

Steven,

Giclée – A word with Many Meanings
Associated with the history of inkjet technology is the word, ‘Giclée’
(pronounced 'zhee-clay'). This word is derived from the French word
'gicleur' meaning 'nozzle' and 'gicler' which is the verb 'to spray',
meaning spraying nozzle or the spraying of ink. The word Giclée was coined
by Jack Duganne in 1991. At the time, Duganne was the studio manager at Nash
Editions, a southern California digital printing company that pioneered the
use of the newly introduced IRIS printer. For many, the word Giclée and the
IRIS have become synonymous, for others it more broadly refers to inkjet
printing in general. To have a more consistent terminology, I suggest that
the term Giclée should be applied to reproductions of artwork originally
created by the use of another medium, such as oil painting, watercolor, or
pastel, and that 'digital inkjet' be used for artworks intended for, and
finally created by the use of a computer and digital print technology.

Best Regards,

David R. Spielman

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From: Steven Schaefer [mailto:stevenr@mindspring.com]
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Subject: [Digital BW] the definition of a Giclee print.

What is the definition of a Giclee print.


I am participating in my first art show next Saturday and am trying to
determine what to say about the prints.

If you live in Atlanta come on by and see me. It will be in Grant Park
Saturday August 9th. My space will be #18.

Thanks

Steve Schaefer


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Thank you, David, for the most excellent history of using the word "Giclee"
as an "upscale" word for inkjet prints ;-)

Regards,

Austin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David R. Spielman [mailto:david@...]
> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 1:02 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] the definition of a Giclee print.
>
>
> Steven,
>
> Gicl\ufffde \ufffd A word with Many Meanings
> Associated with the history of inkjet technology is the word, \ufffdGicl\ufffde\ufffd
> (pronounced 'zhee-clay'). This word is derived from the French word
> 'gicleur' meaning 'nozzle' and 'gicler' which is the verb 'to spray',
> meaning spraying nozzle or the spraying of ink. The word Gicl\ufffde was coined
> by Jack Duganne in 1991. At the time, Duganne was the studio
> manager at Nash
> Editions, a southern California digital printing company that
> pioneered the
> use of the newly introduced IRIS printer. For many, the word
> Gicl\ufffde and the
> IRIS have become synonymous, for others it more broadly refers to inkjet
> printing in general. To have a more consistent terminology, I suggest that
> the term Gicl\ufffde should be applied to reproductions of artwork originally
> created by the use of another medium, such as oil painting, watercolor, or
> pastel, and that 'digital inkjet' be used for artworks intended for, and
> finally created by the use of a computer and digital print technology.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> David R. Spielman
>

Steve-

The BEST thing you can do is get that word out of your vocabulary.  Then you
won't have to deal with the wars over "definition," "use," "true and not
true," "are yours really...?," and obstinate --sometimes hateful-- e-mails.

Seth

=
=What is the definition of a Giclee print. 
=
=
=I am participating in my first art show next Saturday and am 
=trying to determine what to say about the prints.
=

Because archival refers to storage properties, not display properties.

I DO agree with what you mean, though...just call them what they are. 

Seth
=
=If we print with archival inks on archival paper, then why not call 
=them "archival prints". If they're handcolored, then 
=they're "handcolored archival prints". I've done custom framing for 
=artists who took their oil paintings down to Kinkos, ran off color

Thanks Seth, I think you might be right.

Steve 

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