mercredi 15 novembre 2017

How Giclee Replica Prints Help You And The Artist

By Stephen Harris


Bare walls are boring, and you definitely do not want your home to be boring. You should fill your walls, but you do not want to do it with just any kind of art. The pieces that adorn your walls should be colorful, interesting, and look resplendent. If you really want the color and quality of your prints to look fantastic, you should consider giclee replica prints.

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.

There are many cheap replicas that are mass produced and do not use the same technology as giclees. These will have no drama or dimension though, and often look flat. Buying a giclee means that you are getting higher quality at an affordable price, which is a big win for you.

It is the advanced technology of the printers used in this process that make the details of each piece really come to life in stunning color. This is due to the ink jet printers, which are something like what you might use at home, but with a lot of more ink tanks and higher end specs. In fact, in order to get the amazing, vivid color, printers with anywhere from 8 to 12 tanks of ink are used to stunning effect.

The original painting is digitally scanned in high resolution. That scan is then printed directly onto whatever substrate that you choose. Many times it is canvas, because that is traditionally associated with this kind of artwork. However, for a change of pace, sometimes they are made on photo paper, fine art paper, and even metal or glass.

While the advantages of the high quality of giclees is obvious for you as the buyer, there are also lots of huge advantages for the artist him or herself. If they are just starting out, they likely do not have much money and maybe not even enough credit to pay for a large mass producing of their work like they would have had to in the past. Instead, they can use the scanned image to make smaller batches, then reorder if that initial batch sells out. This helps keep initial costs down so that new and emerging artists do not go broke.

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.

Some people think reproductions have no value, but that is simply not true with giclees. In fact, the quality is so high that they can and often do fetch thousands of dollars in galleries and even at art auctions. Part of the reason is also that some artists only print a limited amount of each painting, so that each one becomes much more coveted, which ups the value and therefore the selling price significantly, so your giclee print may appreciate in value.




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