Making a few Tetra Pak prints

I recently started the Purple Carrot, meal service and one bonus is that I get beans in Tetra Paks.tetra pak for printmaking

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.

chair drawings by linda germain

The plate is part collograph and part intaglio. I like the really dark areas which is the collograph style mark. The dark areas are created by slicing into and removing the top sliver layer of the Tetra pak.

intaglio Tetra pak printing plate

It reveals the thin cardboard layer that sucks up a lot of ink. I really like the way the folds of the package hold the ink.

chair print by linda germain

I use the Akua Intaglio ink and the X-cut Xpress embossing press to make these prints. I used dry Masa paper to print on.

playing with mark making tools

This one above I was just playing with mark making tools to see what is possible the the Tetra Pak and the tools that I already have. I used embossing tools and tracing wheels and knife.

Happy Printing!