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Original Photographic Art
Gicleé or inkjet prints?
People (well photographers), love this subject. It gets them really hot under the collar. Gicleé (pronounced zjee-klay), defines a print process generated from high resolution digital images, printed with archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper.
The gicleé printing process is traditionally associated with the copying of original artworks, although many people now use the term to describe the printing process alone.
However, this is all for nothing without a proper colour managed system in place to guarantee accurate reproduction and consistency. The latest printers are capable of producing incredibly detailed prints for both the fine art and photographic markets and can also produce 'Gicleé' quality results.
What does Archival mean?
The lifetime of a print is dependent on many factors, including the quality of the inks and substrate used, how the print is displayed, the amount of exposure to light and the wavelength it is exposed to. Whether or not the print is glass covered, and the type of glass used as well as environmental factors, such as humidity and temperature.
To extend the lifespan of your artwork, avoid prolonged exposure to very bright light, especially sources high in UV (eg. direct sunlight). The results of ink fastness tests rely on 'accelerated' exposure to light and are not guaranteed.
If you would like more information on the technicalities behind this subject, please visit: Wilhelm Research, but beware, it doesn't make good bedtime reading.
The Blue Shift Gallery guarantee
The Blue Shift Gallery uses only the highest quality original manufacturers' long life inks and papers on all in-house produced prinits. Digital inputs and outputs are professionally colour managed and regularly tested to ensure colour stability and consistency.
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