The daughter of Miletus, founder of Milete. She fell in love with hertwin brother Caunus,
who fled from her. She followed him throughoutAsia Minor until she died from exhaustion and grief,
and was changedinto a constantly flowing spring.
William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 - 1905)
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Le Giclee Ameliore!
This month's After Hours brings you a host of observations on the process of 'giclee' and what we're calling the Giglee Ameliore! Enjoy!
Giglee Ameliore!
You wake up one morning and whisper to your better half, "Let's run down to Laguna and look for some art for that bare living room wall." Eager to spend the day with you your significant other says, "I'm in," and you're off with the top down on your red Mustang GT convertible, heading to the beach.The sun is up, the sky is blue.
After a leisurely breakfast of crepes and cranberry juice, strawberries and a small cup of Earl Grey beachside, you head into the village and begin gallery hopping. The both of you are all smiles, playfully winking at one another as dash gallantly into the first art studio, aptly titled: "La Petite Galerie" (d'impressionnistes français, nous supposons). Ah, oui! No... Read More >>
What is Giclee?
So what, is a Giclee?
In the simplest of terms, a giclee is a digital reproduction of an original work of art, such as an oil a watercolor, a sketch or photograph. The creation of a giclee involves the use of highly specialized scanners and inkjet printers. (The work 'giclee,' a French verb, means 'to squirt' or 'to spray.')
After the original artwork is scanned and a digital image made that is pixel for pixel, an exact replica of the original, down to the very brush strokes that created the piece. The image is then sent sent from a computer to a high-resolution inkjet printer where sprays of ink stream on to a canvass... Read More >>
