Floral Prints
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Limited Edition Gicleé Prints
Gicleé (pronounced "zhee-clay") is a French word meaning "a spraying of ink.” With the advent of Gicleé, the art of
reproducing fine art has become even more precise. Giclées have the highest apparent resolution available today --
as high as 1,800 dots per inch. In addition, since no screens are used, the prints have a higher apparent resolution
than lithographs and a color range that exceeds that of serigraphy. Displaying a full color spectrum, Gicleé prints
capture every nuance of an original and have gained wide acceptance from artists and galleries throughout the world.

The patented printing technology utilizes microscopically fine droplets of ink to form the image. A print can consist of
nearly 20 billion ink droplets. The microscopic droplets of ink vary in sizes (approximately the size of a red blood cell)
and density. This unique patented feature produces a near continuous tone image, smoother gradation between tones, and
a more finely differentiated color palette.
 

Limited Edition Lithograph Prints
A limited edition is a series of identical prints, which are limited to a one-time printing of a certain number of pieces.
The artist determines the size of the edition, and usually signs and numbers each individual piece.
A lithograph is created using a printing technique based on the principle that oil and water do not mix. Using oil-based ink or a
grease crayon, an image is drawn on a flat stone or metal plate. Water is applied to the surface and is repelled by the areas where
oil-based images have been drawn. The entire surface is then coated with an oil-based ink that adheres only to the areas drawn in oil,
ink or crayon. The image is then printed on paper. Lithography became a popular printing technique because thousands of exact
replicas could be made that were like drawings on paper, without degradation of the image.
 

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