You should treat your Giclee prints and canvases the same way you do your original art.  How you frame and take care of your prints will affect the life of the image.  You should not display your art in areas with a lot of UV light or high heat and humidity.

Paper Giclee Care

When framing quality Giclees make sure your framer uses archival products.  This will help to keep them looking good for a long, long time.  Do not frame paper Giclees behind glass for at least 24 hours after printing to allow for outgassing, which is the release of fumes from the drying inks.  Always use mattes or spacers to keep the print from touching the glass.  You should never permanently attach prints to backing boards.  Use acid free corner holders or cloth, artist tape hinges.

Inkdrop offers art bags and acid free foam backers for matted or unmatted prints.  You can also include a certificate of authenticity, biography or any other information you want to slide into the bag.  Give us a call and we'll get you started.

Canvas Giclee Care

A Giclee canvas is made up of three layers; 1) the canvas, 2) the ink receptor coating, 3) the UV inhibiting laminate that is sprayed or rolled on after printing.  These canvas prints should not be stretched on stretcher bars with the same tension as a blank canvas and bars with rounded corners should be used to decrease possible cracking.

The canvas is water-resistant, even so, we do NOT recommend spraying the back with water to tighten them.  You can also make a Remarque (original reproduction) by enhancing your canvas Giclees by adding extra elements or brush strokes.  We recommend coating them with Impasto gel for brush stroke effects and acrylic paints for enhancements.