Tetra pack printing

You might have seen glimpses of a new printmaking series on Instagram, and I thought I tell you a bit more about it. The printing plates are made using recycled Tetra Paks, and the prints have an aged look – you can almost feel that something old or used is involved. So far, I have […]

I've been curious about intaglio, and when I saw Intaglio Printing Without a Press: Tetra Pak Collagraph by Handprinted, I just had to try it. According to Handprinted, "Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking method that involves scratching an image into a plate with a pointed tool. These lines create a burr that holds ink

Tetra Pak (Milk Carton) Intaglio PrintmakingIntaglio printmaking is where you carve images into a plate. To create a print, you fill these carved lines with ink, then press paper onto the plate. The paper picks up the ink from the carved areas, revealing your design. Check out my recommended supplies on my Amazon Store FrontThe Print and The

I recently started the Purple Carrot, meal service and one bonus is that I get beans in Tetra Paks. My style of learning is to play, make mistakes and discover what I like. I had some trace monoprints of chairs on the wall and decided to make one into a Tetra Pak printing plate. The […]