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MY MASTERPIECE FINE ART & FRAMES"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision." James McNeill Whistler ______________________________________________________
About Art Beautiful artwork can provide the finishing touch to your home or office decor. And, beautifully custom framed artwork presents a personal expression of your taste and style. GETTING SMARTER ABOUT ART As you shop for art, you'll hear and see a number of terms that not only describe the art, but also the printing process. Here's a quick and easy guide to help you get smarter about art: LIMITED EDITION: With limited edition artwork, only a predetermined number of prints of the original will ever be created. The edition size is fixed prior to printing; once an edition has sold out, no more will ever be made. GICLEE (ZHEE-CLAY): The Giclee process is the closest possible reproduction of original artwork afforded by technology. This is a specialized ink spray process where the image is transferred onto archival paper or canvas. It is unmatched in its exquisite color and razor-sharp details, and has quickly become a new print standard for museums, galleries, publishers, and artists. LITHOGRAPH: In creating a lithograph, an image is drawn by the artist onto a metal plate with an oil-based crayon. The plate is then rinsed in water, and the image repels the water while attracting special lithograph inks that are applied with a roller. The inked image is then transferred onto paper, creating a rich, deeply saturated quality in the artwork. SERIGRAPH: (silkscreen) A serigraph print is created by pressing inks through finely woven screens. Each color in the final work has a unique and separate screen associated with it or is created by layering multiple inks to achieve an exact color. INTAGLIO (IN-TAHL-EE-O): This is the overall printing category for etchings and engravings, whereby an image is carved or acid-etched into a plate, which is then hand-inked and transferred to a paper using a press. A visual characteristic of intaglios is the plate mark that remains impressed into the paper after printing. _________________________________________________________________________________ | Home
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