Tetra pak

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

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Intaglio printmaking is a printmaking method using marks incised into a plate. Ink is worked into the recesses of the plate and is usually printed onto dampened paper through an etching press. Intaglio printmaking can create strong positive marks, interesting texture and tone – these results shouldn’t be missed out on if you don’t have … Continue reading "Printing Intaglio Without a Press: Tetra Pak Collagraph"

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 […]

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When the tetrahedron-shaped carton gave the Tetra Pak company its name. School milk came in little tetrahedron shaped packs. We'd snip the top of and put in a straw for milk time before recess.