About Giclee Printing

The term Giclee comes from the French verb gicler - to squirt.  Giclee means simply a squirt of liquid.  Modern giclee images (prints) are produced by high resolution digital scanning of the original artwork using state of the art technology.  They are then printed with high quality Archival inks onto various surfaces (known as substrates) such as Fine Art watercolour paper, canvas or photo based paper.  Because of the sophistication of the inks used, giclee printing gives far better colour accuracy than other more widely known printing processes such as off-set lithography.  The state of the art 8-12 colour printers used for these prints are capable of reproducing the finest detail and, particularly with paintings, the exact body and texture of the original.  The image is retained by the professional printer on a digitally archived file which will not deteriorate in the way that negatives and film do.  Additional giclee prints can be produced very easily and at minimal cost.  These are usually confined to a Limited Edition - such as is found in etching and lithography.  Giclee is definitely not a mass production printing process.  With a limited edition, always the case with this series, each print is signed by the artist, titled and given a limited edition number with the total number in the edition indicated (usually 30 with us) in manuscript form.

Copyright

All prints are the copyright of Malcolm Love and cannot be reproduced in any form without the artist's permission.

Placing an Order

Simply select the painting or paintings you require, then order your print(s) using the online Pay Pal system.  On receiving your order your prints will be produced by the professional processing printer Art4site on Fine Art Archival paper.  On receipt of your prints from the printer, they are carefully wrapped in acid free tissue paper and placed between two sheets of MDF board for large orders, or in stout postal tubes, then posted to you.  On placing your order you will be contacted by Harbour Studio, giving delivery details.  We have a returns policy.  If you are not satisfied with the prints you receive, payment will be returned in full.