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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

The High Quality Of Giclee Replica Prints

By Stephen Harris


Many people want to fill their wall with works of fine art, but they think that it will cost them more than their mortgage in order to do it. Fortunately, they are wrong about the cost. You do not have to buy a costly original painting in order to have the quality that you would expect from an original or a museum reproduction when you buy giclee replica prints instead.

Beyond decorating for yourself, many people like to decorate in order to impress guests and neighbors. Your next dinner party will include lots of conversation about your new artwork if they are giclee quality.

You could definitely buy regular old replicas of paintings to throw on your walls, but those are usually flat and low quality. If you want high quality but cannot afford to buy an original painting, then giclees are the way to go. They are much less expensive than an original painting, but with a high end appearance that looks like you got it directly from an art gallery.

The reason this type of printing looks so good is due to advanced technology. The printers used are ink jet like what you might have at home, but very high end ones that are good for commercial use. Instead of two or five cartridges of ink, these use anywhere from eight to 12 tanks instead, which makes the color bolder and more vivid, while giving it dimension so the details really look real.

The first step of this painstaking process is to get a high quality scanner and scan the original artwork in its entirety. Then that scan is used to make the prints, which can be on a wide variety of surfaces, including the even popular and traditional canvas. However, you can go for glass, metal or many other substrates for a change.

For the artist, giclees are a huge advantage for them in a lot of ways. The scan can be kept on file, so prints can be made as they are ordered or in small batches. Before this method, many artists had to mass produce their work at great initial cost, and might lose money if all the reproductions are not sold. Using the giclee method, there is a much smaller up front cost and they can make prints far into the future, on demand. Smaller artists who have not broken though yet and have no money find this to be very advantageous.

The scans that are made of the painting can be kept on a computer as a digital image file forever. The scan can be brought back up anytime in the future for paintings, and it will look as good as it did on day one because there is no fear of deterioration at all.

Even though these are reproductions, the high quality of giclee prints still attracts thousands of dollars at auctions and art houses across the world. Some artists even get tens of thousands if they limit the print run, making each one more highly coveted. So if you see a giclee from an artist you really love, you should buy it immediately knowing the quality is top notch and you are helping to support them in a way that is beneficial for everyone.




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