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Karin,
This will have to wait until the shows are over. I'm investigating giclees for two purposes. One already mentioned and secondly for reproductions (8x10) for marketing purposes.
The printer where I used to work is an artist himself, albeit an abstract artist. Consequently, he understands the nature of all this very well. For portrait sheets used for marketing, we've discussed setting up a system whereby an artist would send in 35mm or 4x5 transparencies. Proofs would then be created and approved by the artist. The settings would be stored permanently so that from that point on, there would be consistency in the reproduction. As I understand, there's no problem with paper changes. I know with photo reproductions, you can work and work to get the right color balance and as soon as they change the paper, the emulsion changes and you have to rebalance all over again.
Anyway, if this gets off the ground (reasonable cost is an issue), we would set up a system whereby the artist could simply fax in an order for more of a particular portrait and have quality, consistent reproductions. There would be an initial setup cost, but I think this could be saved in the long run if the artist is spending a lot of time getting color balance correct on photos.
I spoke with Gordon Wetmore about it and I know he's interested in finding out more.
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