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Giclée (zhee-clay) is an advanced inkjet printmaking process for creating high quality fine art reproductions. The attainable quality that Giclée printmaking offers makes the reproduction virtually indistinguishable from the original artwork. The result is wide acceptance of high quality Giclées by galleries, museums, and private collectors.

Giclée printmaking derives its quality from its seemingly “dotless” imaging technology which contrasts with traditional fine art printing which typically relies on printing screen pattern dots to reproduce full-range color. Because traditional offset printing dot patterns are detectable to the unaided eye, it is less desirable than the continuous tone Giclée reproduction process. Traditional offset prints are typically restricted to papers that widely vary from what the original artwork was created on — especially when reproducing oil on canvas. The Giclée process enables reproduction on virtually the same media as the original artwork, whether it is on canvas, textured watercolor paper, or specialty fine art papers.

Museum-quality Giclée reproductions are recognized as "the next best thing” to owning the original and can be found in the world's finest museums and art galleries. Based on independent research and testing, there are various image permanence ratings for each combination of ink and media used in Giclée printmaking. Wilhelm Imaging Research's image permanence ratings have been provided to the public for expected display-life for various ink and media combinations used in Giclée printmaking today. Our Giclée reproductions offer an image stability ratings from 80 to 150 years due to the archival-grade pigment inks and acid-free media we exclusively use at Skylark Images.