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The Process


Modern computer technology and advances in the printing process have resulted in a revolution in the world of artistic printmaking and a change in the preferred way for galleries and publishers to make reproduction prints.

The Giclee process uses extremely fine droplets of ink that are transferred with incredible precision to heavy water-colour paper or canvas. Computer technology ensures that these droplets produce a resolution that is significantly finer than that obtained by conventional printing.

Origin’s Giclee process uses 400gsm Arches watercolour paper and canvas that is rotated on a drum at high speed with the print head moving very slowly across the drum transferring the ink. This process can take over one hour to complete and results in a superb quality of the print. (Origin was awarded two of only eleven Andre Schellenberg Awards at the recent international conference for the Digital Printing and Imaging Association).

The Giclee process captures the integrity of the original painting with ultimate accuracy and the reproduction of the work onto the finest quality acid-free cotton ensures archival quality (lasting up to 95 years without any discernable fading on paper and 60+ years on canvas).

Now any artist can have their work in print at an affordable rate and on-demand without the need to stock an edition!