What is a Giclee?

The French word, Giclée, (pronounced "Zhee-clay"), means “to spray on” or “to spray ink”. The Giclée process is a revolutionary process utilizing digitally mastered computerized graphics and art that achieve the intention of the artist more closely than any other means currently available.

Using data from the original art provided by a highly sensitive scanning device, an iris printer then magnetizes and then sprays four million drops of ink per second onto a high quality watercolor paper or canvas. These unique jets are able to vary the width of the ink stream to as small as 1/100th the width of a human hair and over 16 million gradations of color are possible.

A colorist along with the artist works to balance and adjust the color to match the original art. This adjustability provides the technology to reproduce original work more closely than any other non-offset method of graphic printing. Giclées have a higher resolution than offset lithographs and the dynamic color range is greater than serigraphs.

A limited edition Giclée by Jann Harrison is a museum quality fine art reproduction. Each limited edition is hand embellished, signed and numbered by Harrison complete with her signature kiss. A certificate of authenticity is available for each limited edition Giclée.