TERRY ANANNY Canadian Artist

GICLÉE ON STRETCHED CANVAS

Giclée (pronounced jee-clay), comes from the French term for “fine spray”. A giclée is created with digital printers using four tiny ink jets that spray more than four million microscopic water-based coloured ink droplets per second onto a sheet of fine art paper or canvas, spinning on a drum at the rate of 250 inches per second. A computer directly scans an artist’s original work to control the jets – no printing film or plates used. The final product is a superior, lush, vibrant, near original quality textured art print. Canvas giclées are printed on a high quality acid free polyester/cotton canvas. They are also sealed with a non-yellowing protective varnish to further prolong the print life. The inks used are pigmented, combined with high quality substratesto make the prints water resistant and archival. Print permanence testing (measured at 450 lux simulating ideal museum and gallery conditions) concluded that the print life will exceed 100 to120 years on rag paper. Canvas results should be similar though exact testing has not been attained. A giclée is the highest quality of fine art reproduction available today.