about your order
The quality and handling of your order
is of utmost importance to me.
Under the hands-on supervision of my
printing team, archival paper is carefully
selected based on its absorption qualities
and textures.
The image is then generated from
a high-resolution digital scan and printed
with archival quality inks - to achieve
a reproduction that preserves
the precision and detail of the original
graphite drawing. The result is vastly
superior to other methods of
art reproduction.
about giclée printing
Giclée (zhee-klay) - The French word
"giclée" is a feminine noun that means
a spray or a spurt of liquid. The word may
have been derived from the French verb
"gicler" meaning "to squirt".
The term "giclée print" connotes an
elevation in printmaking technology.
Images are generated from high
resolution digital scans and printed with
archival quality inks onto various
substrates including canvas, fine art,
and photo-base paper. The giclée
printing process provides better color
accuracy than other means
of reproduction.
Giclée prints are created typically
using professional 8-Color to 12-Color
ink-jet printers. These modern technology
printers are capable of producing
incredibly detailed prints for both the fine
art and photographic markets. Giclée
prints are sometimes mistakenly referred
to as Iris prints, which are 4-Color ink-jet
prints from a printer pioneered in the late
1970s by Iris Graphics.
The quality of the giclée print rivals
traditional silver-halide and gelatin
printing processes and is commonly
found in museums, art galleries,
and photographic galleries.
Numerous examples of giclée prints
can be found in New York City at
the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum
of Modern Art, and the Chelsea
Galleries. Recent auctions of giclée
prints have fetched $10,800 for Annie
Leibovitz, $9,600 for Chuck Close,
and $22,800 for Wolfgang Tillmans.
1997-2006 Giclée Print Net, Inc.
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In the long established tradition of printmaking, an artist
creates an original "plate" on either a sheet of metal or on
a large flat stone. When the artist has finished creating the
image, the image is chemically etched into the metal or stone
and is put through a printing press. The plate is covered
with ink, and paper is pressed with great pressure onto
the plate to create a direct impression. These processes
(Intaglio and Lithography), result in an 'original piece of art'
because the print has made direct contact with the plate
created by the artist's own hand. Thus, original Intaglio or
Lithographic prints in signed, numbered editions have great
value, because they are indeed "limited." Why? The process
always ends with the original plate being destroyed,
which insures that the prints pulled in that edition will forever
be the only prints made of that particular image.
This is not the case with digital printing. The original
is never actually destroyed, because the original is simply
a digital scan made of 0's and 1's. This is why my prints will
never be sold as "limited editions" or numbered.
In other words, my digital prints are effectively 'posters'
of my art: 'posters' of astounding state-of-the-art quality, suitable for framing.
However, hand-signed/autographed Greg Scott prints
(at a higher price) are available to you.
Why? The future value of that digital print might rise simply
because it is "autographed by the artist," making that print
more valuable than an unsigned one.
Also, a Certificate of Authenticity is provided to you
when you purchase an autographed print.
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