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Giclee Printing? YES! That's what we do.
Giclee is the newer term for the services we offer: we still call it archival, fine-art printing. There is much confusion in the marketplace as to exactly what giclee printing really implies, as far as quality in workmanship, inks, substrate, and ink-jet printers. We only offer the highest level of materials, service, and experience to our customers. Luke's Lab in Kansas City provides giclee printing for artists and photographers, both amateur and professional.
Why Giclee Printing?
Archival-quality printing, or giclee printing, is an essential option for today's artists and photographers because it allows production of one print at a time. This was never really an option before; now, each print can be produced as it is ordered for a specific client. In addition, the quality of giclee printing at Luke's Lab in Kansas City is oriented toward helping you create fine art.
Where Did the Term Giclee Printing Come From?
Not from Kansas City, we can tell you that! While fine art printing historically involved a printing press, giclee was coined in 1991 by a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet-based digital print used as fine art. The word giclee is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle," meaning to squirt, spurt, or spray. Giclee printing was originally applied to Iris printers, but it has come to be associated with printing using fade-resistant archival inks and the inkjet printers that use them. Giclee printing and giclee prints are often used in galleries and fine art print shops.
Our Strategy
Our customers love us because we are an extension of them, their ideas, their vision.
Owner Luke Letourneau has been in the business for over 25 years in the Kansas City area, and has worked with most of the area's top photographers over the years. Our strategy is to build on our experience and provide the best giclee printing in the area, at fair prices.
Contact Us for Giclee Printing!
Luke's Lab is in the Kansas City area, specifically in Overland Park, KS.
Whether you're looking for more information or you have some work to get started on, you need to contact me, owner Luke Letourneau, either by phone or email.
Kansas City (Overland Park, KS) Studio: 913-236-5095
Kansas City, MO cell number: 816-865-7891
Email: lukel@lukeslab.com