What is a giclee print?

A giclee (pronounced “zhee-klay”) is a limited edition fine art print that is the highest quality print available today. The process produces exceptional museum quality prints.

A giclee is a high resolution piece of art, individually replicated from an artist’s original work, printed with archival, pigmented inks to maintain its color intensity for 70 to 120 years. Archival standards are followed, consistent with collectible fine art.

The printer uses pigment- based archival inks, and no dyes. The giclee is printed on archival acid-free paper or canvas, one at a time, using state of the art technology, thus each giclee has the same color intensity as the previous one.

The giclee is then signed by the artist. Giclee reproduction is generally accepted by art collectors, including museums, as the closest and most lightfast representation of an artist’s work at a fraction of the price of the original. Giclee prints offer detail, depth and a richness that set them apart from traditional offset lithography.

About Martha's giclee prints

Thomas Parks, owner and general manager of Orion Studios, produces all of Martha’s giclee prints on Somerset Velvet paper which is archival, acid free, and 100% cotton rag.  

He uses a specially formulated 7-color ink system that offers a wide gamut and a high UV resistance.  These revolutionary, super penetrating pigment inks are engineered to deliver incredible print quality and color brilliance with a light fastness rating of up to 100 years, outlasting some original watercolors and most lithographs.

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