'Just released a new pair of $14.00 giclee prints to celebrate the upcoming season. Halloween's Pumpkin and Día de Muertos prints. Whatever mood you are in to there is an option for you or maybe both, together they will make a great decorative pair.'
I found these examples of print that combine both the holidays I am looking at and although I like them I was at a loss as to what 'giclee prints' were. I did a bit of research and found the following:
In the past few years, the word “giclée,” as a fine art term, has come to be associated with prints using fade-resistant, archival inks, archival substrates, and the inkjet printers that use them. These printers use the CMYK color process but may have multiple cartridges for variations of
each color based on the CcMmYK color model (e.g. light magenta and light cyan inks in addition to regular magenta and cyan); this increases the apparent resolution and color gamut and allows smoother gradient transitions. A wide variety of substrates are available including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolor paper, cotton canvas, or artist textured vinyl.
In terms of cost, digital prints cost a lot more in comparison to the four-color offset lithography process traditionally used. However they are usually for runs of 1000 or more and because these posters are limited edition it is a much more sensible option for them to be digital.
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