Article · Print Day in May
Intaglio Drypoint Print Using Tetra Pak
By Elisa
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2026
About this lesson
A step-by-step account of turning a coconut-milk carton into a drypoint plate, incising with an awl, hand-inking with a card and onion mesh, and printing on wet 300gsm paper, with the author's own candid notes on getting crisper lines.
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