Another day of Tetra Pak Printing

I spent the day making collagraph/intaglio plates with the Tetra Pak packaging.

tetra pak printing plates

Those are the plates above. The inside of the package is sliver and slippery. I drew lines with an etching needle and cut away the sliver layer and pulled it off to get the solid black areas.

collograph plate made from a tetra pak by linda germain

I played with discovering the kind of marks that I like. I did print this leaf as a line drawing first and the pulled off the background to make the bold shape print.

4 black and white tetra pak prints by linda germain

I folded the packaging to create the creases in the funky print below.

abstract black and white print from tetra pak plate

I am loving the bold shapes and strong black impressions created by removing the sliver layer of the tetra pak.

black and white stone shapes - tetra pak collograph print by linda germain

I used Akua Intaglio inks and Arnhem 1618 printmaking paper.

abstract print by linda germain tetra pak

I reworked the plates as I went along. I could cut the plate or cut away more as I went along.

tetra pak print by linda germain

I cut off the top and bottom of the plate and reoriented the print and it made a big difference. I love learning new approaches and techniques.