Week 18 of 52 Week Printing Challenge

Tetra Pak Printing

There is something infonitely satisfying in being able to use household items and recycling to make art!

These prints were made using Tetra Pak cartons (chicken stoick), ans old credit card and a spoon!

Tetra Pak printing is a form of intaglio. Once you have washed, opened and dried the carton, you scratch into the silver lining (sometimes it's brown). You can also remve section of the lining with a craft knife. These sections will be much darker than the other areas as the ink absorbs into the cardboard.

Into is rubbed into the printing plate and then the excess is removed. Ink is left in the grooves (scratches and removed sections). Dampened cotton rag paper is then pressed into the printing plate. Because the paper is soft, it moulds into the grooves, picking up the ink. Soffy fuzzy lines are a major factor in this type of printing.

You get interesting bacground marks beacuse there may be imperfections or creases in the printing plate, depending on how the carton has been handled. these printing plates are fragile; and you may only get 3-5 prints off them. But it's a cheap and fun way to make prints witjout worrying how much the plate has cost you.

Tetra Pak carton, Akua Intaglio Ink Black, Somerset Satin cotton rag paper 250gsm, handprinted tissue paper.

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