The difference between canvas printing and giclee fine art printing
You’ve probably encountered the problem before when you wanted to buy a painting, but you don’t know clearly what the terms print on canvas and giclee fine art print mean. However, you can see that the difference in price between the original and the print is enormous.
Today I will explain to you the difference between original canvas printing and giclee fine art printing.
What is the original?
An original is a painting that an artist paints once and is unrepeatable. So there is only one copy. In the original artwork, we see and feel the energy with which the artist expresses his feelings. A trace of a brush, spatula, or application of a lock and other materials can see in it. Original paintings are increasingly valued and valuable.
Example of the original artwork
What is canvas printing?
A canvas print is an image printed from an inkjet printer on a canvas. If the pattern is good, then it cannot be easy to distinguish from the original. At most, when you get utterly close to it or touch it, you will notice a difference.
The original image is first scanned and then printed on canvas.
It is often available in a durable cardboard sleeve for more accessible transport. The print on the canvas has a white edge, which intends for tensioning on the subframe. However, it can have a mirror edge - which is now extremely popular, and I like it more, as the motif from the canvas continues over the edge of the picture. And in this case, you don’t need a picture frame. So if you get a canvas in a sleeve, put it taut on a wooden subframe.
I am attaching a link to the clip to see how the canvas prints stretched on the subframe.
What is giclee fine art printing?
The word Giclée derives from a mixture of French words; explicit, which is the technical term for a nozzle or jet, and gicleur for injection molding.
The term Giclée - pronounced zee-Klay - was initially coined by printer Jack Duganne in 1991. Today, it's used to describe a fine print with pigments based on archival quality inks made on advanced inkjet rockers.
What is the main difference between Giclée and other printing technologies?
Among traditional printing technologies, lithography, and classic 4-line CMYK combinations, Giclée printers use 12 individual colors.
It allows for much smoother gradient transitions and a wider color gamut. In other words, more depth and richness to the final imprint that helps create stunning live artwork with fantastic reproduction.
There is an example of a giclee fine art print on photographic paper.
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