Acorn Studios sells only giclée prints of our original artwork, made using archival quality pigment inks and paper. Giclée prints, an alternative to the time-consuming and expensive traditional four-color process, were developed in the 1990's. The name was coined by printmaker Jack Duganne, who used the French "jet d'encre" (inkjet), "gicleur" (nozzle), and "gicler" (to spray or spurt) to create the feminine noun "giclée" (pronounced zhee-cley), describing how the fine droplets of ink are distributed onto the printing medium.

The fine-art prints produced using this technique are durable, colorfast, affordable, and nearly indistinguishable from the original artwork, with the result that giclées are now found in museums, art and photographic galleries around the world.

For optimum print longevity, we recommend that you treat your giclée print the same as you would other original art prints. It should be protected from water, and should not be placed in direct sunlight. Ideally, your print should be framed behind glass.

If you are interested in learning more about research on giclée print permanence, visit www.wilhelm- research.com, the site of the independent Wilhelm Imaging Research.

Our fine-art giclée prints are shipped to you rolled, with protective wrapping paper, in a sturdy cardboard tube.