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Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay") is a neologism for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclée" is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle", or more specifically "gicler" meaning "to squirt, spurt, or spray". It was coined in 1991 by Jack Duganne, a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet-based digital print used as fine art. The intent of that name was to distinguish commonly known industrial "Iris proofs" from the type of fine art prints artists were producing on those same types of printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on Iris printers in a process invented in the early 1990s but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print and is often used in galleries and print shops to denote such prints. Lyla Warren started her career in animation interning at Curious Pictures in 1998. Having just left film school in North Carolina, she came to San Francisco to learn the animation trade. Since then she has spent over 15 years honing her skills at leading animation studios including (Colossal) pictures, Curious Pictures, Wild Brain, Mondo Media and Laika. She has also worked in the gaming field for innovative companies such as Popcap, LeapFrog and Zynga. Always eager to combine her love of art and travel, Lyla has worked in both India and China. In India, she volunteered at a small Himalayan school, where she taught art to the students and helped teachers to create books for the students and administration. Lyla went to China twice as a overseas supervisor directing a Chinese studio in both games and cinematics. She’s always looking for any excuse to explore more of the planet. These days she resides in the beautiful town of Portland. She is focused on creating fun, engaging sculptures and building her mighty (tiny) empire as an independent artist. When she’s not sculpting, she has time for her favorite activities: hanging with her man, Travis Kotzebue, going to the dog park with her pup,