Are you an artist? 
Have you ever sold a painting but wished you had kept it for yourself? Would you like to be able to sell copies of your best work or give copies as gifts to family and friend? Giclée printing now makes this possible, eliminating the need for expensive long print runs.

What is Giclée printing?
Giclée
printing is the process of making fine art prints from a digital source, using inkjet printing. A high quality scan is made from the original artwork, then printed onto inkjet paper using lightfast inks. Once the image has been scanned and saved, prints can be produced as and when required. Giclée prints can be of superbly high quality, depending on the equipment and paper used. Colours can be vividly and accurately reproduced and even minute detail can be captured. Quality inkjet papers are now available, many of them being slightly textured, to create an even more realistic effect. 

Our service
Being an artist myself, I understand the importance of reproducing artwork as accurately as possible. I have been producing prints from my my own watercolour paintings for 7 years. Practice,  experience and familiarity with my equipment now enables me to achieve high quality detailed prints displaying colours which accurately match the original artwork.

Artwork is scanned at 400dpi. Watercolour and acrylic artwork are particularly suitable. Images are then printed onto 310gsm Hahnemühle 'German Etching' watercolour inkjet paper, which has an attractive textured surface. Printing is carried out on a photo quality A3+  printer.

All we require is your original artwork, which is then directly scanned. Digital photographs of artwork do not give satisfactory results. The artwork must be flat and no larger than A3. 

The finished prints can either be the same size as the artwork or smaller - in fact you can choose the size and quantity that you would like. You may only decide to have one or two prints to start with, but you may order more as and when you would like them. We will send you a CD with the scanned file on it and will keep a copy of the image on file, unless you ask us not to. We keep a copy of your image purely to fulfil any further orders and absolutely guarantee the integrity of your copyright.
 













Set-up and colour proofs.
Once we have scanned your artwork, we will send you an A4 (or smaller if the artwork is smaller) sized  proof, printed on Hahnemühle paper so you can check both detail and colour representation. If for any reason we cannot achieve the effect that you want, no payment will be due. However, providing you are entirely happy with the result - then we will print the quantity of prints that you require. 

Postage and packing

Our prices include all postage and packing of proofs, finished prints, CD with the scanned file, and the original artwork back to you. Original artwork and finished prints will be securely flat-packed and sent by 'special delivery', which guarantees next working day delivery.

We recommend that you also send your original artwork to us in this way

            Prices

              Set-up and colour proof.   



Size up to and including A4     £20


        
Size A4 - A3      £30

Cost of prints

Size up to A4   (29.7cm X 21cm)

Size A4 - A3 (Up to 42cm x 29.7cm)

1 - 10 prints

£7.50 per print £12 per print

more than 10 prints

£5 per print £9 per print


We also offer a mounting and cellophane wrap service for finished prints. Please contact us for prices and details


For further details please telephone me on: (01628) 634874
or send me an e-mail: lesley.olver@lineone.net

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