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What is a Giclée?
Giclée is a French word for a process by which original art is reproduced. Giclée translates literally to "spray of ink." Generally, giclée today is done with digital printing technology using continuous tone technology in which infinitely small pixels of color are capable of rendering an amazingly smooth and consistent image. The substrate (canvas or paper) to be printed on is affixed to a drum and as the drum rotates at a high speed, individual drops of color are sprayed on to the surface at a rate of 4 to 5 million drops per second. Once completed, a 34" by 46" image is comprised of almost 20 billion drops of ink, each one measuring no more than 15 microns in diameter. Sometimes, the prints are made using archival water-based organic inks and some manufacturers then coat the prints by applying UV light retardant and light stabilizer coatings. The results are museum quality prints virtually indistinguishable from the original art.
What's a Serigraph?
A serigraph is the result of a process by which original art is reproduced by the use of silk screens, one for each color of ink to be applied. Generally this method is used to reproduce a limited number of prints in a series on paper.