
Fusionnée
is a style of image
It is a term coined to describe a style of
image created by merging, marrying, blending, combining, commingling
or fusing a photographic image with a painted image to produce a fused
reality of image. Fusionnée (pronounced "fusion-ay")
in French means fused.
Fusionnée images can be made in
the digital realm as well as by photomechanical methods. I produced many
fusionnée images in 1990 using copy camera multi-exposure
methods and kodalith film tonal separations. Now, with computer technology
and software, I create fusionnée images with greater finesse
and control.
Giclée is a printing method
It is a term used to describe fine art prints
produced by inkjet printing technology, much the way the term serigraph
is used to describe a fine art image printed by silk screen printing
technology.
Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay") in French means
sprayed or squirted. Some call these prints by various names such as "original
digital prints," "inkjet prints," "pigment prints,"
"pigment dispersion on canvas" and "archival ink-jet on
paper". I’m sure the list of names will continue to grow as
artists try to define what they do in a way that works for them.
I like to use the word giclée because,
among other reasons, it rhymes with the word fusionnée. |