What Do I Charge?
What Should I Sell My Giclées For? If there’s one question we hear more than any other, it’s this:“What should I sell my giclées for?” The short answer—and a solid place to start—is this: Price your giclées at 2.5 to 3 times your cost, or around 40% of the price of...
What Is The Capture Cost?
The Capture Stage: The Foundation of a Perfect Giclée PrintWhen it comes to producing a truly exceptional giclée print, everything begins with one critical step: capture. The capture stage is the foundation of the entire reproduction process, and it is impossible to...
How Embellished Giclées Can Increase Your Sales Price.
Embellished Giclées: A Simple Way to Increase Your Art Sales Price Collectors today want artwork that feels personal, tactile, and exclusive — not just a reproduction. That’s why embellished giclées have become such a powerful sales tool for artists and galleries. An...
What Is Archival Media? Who is Wilhelm?
Archival Medias That Stand the Test of Time When you invest in printed artwork, you’re not just choosing how it looks today—you’re choosing how it will look decades from now. That’s why we’re very intentional about the archival media we use for every fine art print...
How Big Can I Print My File?
How Big Can I Print My Photo?One of the most common questions we hear is, “How big can I print my photo?” — closely followed by, “How many DPI does my file need to be?”These sound like simple questions, but the answers are actually more complex than you might...
Conservation framing
Framing isn’t just about how something looks. It affects how long your artwork actually lasts. Most off-the-shelf framing options (like big box stores) use standard materials that can: cause fading over time lead to discoloration even damage the artwork itself That’s...
What is Giclée?
The number one question we get asked is “What is a giclée?” Giclée (pronounced “zhee-clay”) is a term that originated in the late 1980s, coined by printmaker Jack Duganne to describe a new method of high-quality inkjet printing. The word itself comes from the French...
What Media Do You Choose?
Why the Same Image Can Look Different on Different Giclée Media When artists order giclée prints, much of the attention naturally goes to getting the color right. But there is another factor that can dramatically change the appearance of a finished print: the surface...
The Pitfalls of AI Art Printing
AI Images Look Great on Screen—But Can They Be Printed? AI-generated images have become incredibly popular, and the technology can produce some impressive results. Unfortunately, there is a major difference between creating an image that looks good on a phone or...
When Paint Can’t Be Perfectly Reproduced in a Giclée Print
When Paint Can’t Be Perfectly Reproduced in a Giclée Print One of the goals of the giclée process is to reproduce an original painting as accurately as possible. With professional artwork capture, careful color correction, custom color profiles, and proofing, we can...