Giclée commonly pronounced "zhee-clay," is an invented name for the process of making fine art printsfrom a digital source using ink-jet printing. The term is often used instead of Inkjet in art shops. The word “giclée”, from the French language word "gicleur" meaning "nozzle", was created by Jack Duganne a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet based digital print used as fine art.

The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on Iris printers in a process invented in the earl 1990’s but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print.

Giclée printing has quickly become the standard choice among art galleries and museums as the preferred method for reproducing artwork whilst retaining the highest possible quality standards.

There are also benefits in terms of the longevity,and colour-fastness of the prints - which is why we use the Giclée process at Nerve Curve.