A Fine Art Iris print is a very high quality digital ink jet print made by an Iris printer. This printer, capable of printing 10 million colors, uses a continuous tone technology in which infinitely small pixels of color can render the finest detail and vibrancy of the original image, with very little loss of resolution or color density. Watercolor paper or canvas is mounted on a drum and as the drum rotates at high speed, tiny individual droplets of color spray on the surface at a rate of 4 - 5 million droplets per second.

The Roland and Epson printers use micro piezo print head technology, and depending on the model, can use dye-based inks, or water resistant pigment inks. Pigment inks, in combination with certain media, can last well over 100 years in display light before any noticeable fading (according to tests done by Wilhelm Research Institute at http://www.wilhelm-research.com). The name giclée comes from a French term meaning "to spray forcefully." Giclée prints allow artists to make limited edition prints that look like the original artwork, but can be printed in different sizes at a more affordable price.

Kathleen offers limited edition prints as iris or archival pigment prints in sizes from 5x6 inches to a maximum of 40x40 inches. Her limited edition iris prints were made on 100% Rag Somerset Velvet watercolor paper with Pinnacle Gold archival inks. These inks have been stability tested by Henry Wilhelm to last 65-75 years in display light on the Somerset Velvet paper. Skylark Images, Sebastopol, worked with her at every stage of creating these prints in order to closely match the original Polaroid transfers and SX-70 manipulations. Editions are limited to 100 (or 200 in a few cases) prints per image. Her archival pigment prints are in editions of 40, and were made with the Roland printer (for large prints) on Somerset Velvet Enhanced paper and Roland pigment inks. The 11x14 and smaller prints were printed by Kathleen on the Epson 3800 printer using Epson archival media and inks. For all of her images, she also offers archival pigment open editions of small prints 5 inches and under, available only from her studio.

If you would like to order artwork, please refer to the images in the Photography Galleries.
Please e-mail the artist at kcarr@kathleencarr.com to specify what pieces in what sizes you are interested in. Polaroid Transfers and limited edition prints are matted in archival rag mats.
Artwork not in stock is available by special order with a 50% deposit.
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Giclée Fine Art Iris and Archival Pigment prints
Iris Giclée prints are available of any image in the Polaroid Image & Emulsion Transfer Gallery or the Polaroid SX-70 Manipulations Gallery on this website. Editions are limited to 100 or 200 per image on Somerset Velvet watercolor paper using Pinnacle Gold Fine Art Archival inks (stability rated by Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. for 65-75 years in museum display light without noticeable fading).

Archival Pigment prints are available in editions of 40. These prints are on Epson Velvet Fine Art watercolor paper using Ultrachrome inks (stability rated by Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. for 80-100+ years under glass in museum display light without noticeable fading).

5.5x5.5 & 5x6 prints unmatted $75, in 11x14 mat $95
8x10 and 9x9 prints unmatted $150, in 16x20 mat $185
11x14 prints unmatted $200
16x20 prints unmatted $285.00
20x20 prints unmatted on canvas or watercolor paper $325
20x20 canvas wrap $425
20x24 prints unmatted on canvas or watercolor paper $375
20x24 canvas wrap $475
24x30 prints unmatted on canvas or watercolor paper $425
30x30 prints unmatted on canvas or watercolor paper $475
30x40 prints unmatted on canvas or watercolor paper $525

Larger open edition prints are available of Kathleen's newer work in infrared and digital photography. The prices are 20% lower than the limited edition print prices.

Open editions of small studio prints (4 inches and under) are available only from Kathleen's studio. These prints are affordable pigment prints on Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Matte paper.

3.5x3.5 & 3x4 images in 8x10 mat $35