From Packaging to Print

Second Year students explored personal growth through sustainable printmaking practices, using Monoprinting, Collagraphy, and Intaglio techniques. Inspired by the school’s commitment to biodiversity and the nurturing environment of the Geodome, students reflected on growth—both in nature and within themselves—through their creative process.

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Beginning with exploratory monoprints and collagraphs, students considered areas of their lives where they experience physical, emotional, personal, skill-based, or relational growth. Their learning culminated in the creation of an intaglio print using recycled Tetra Pak packaging, fostering an awareness of sustainability in artmaking.

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Students developed their final designs through drawing, tracing, and transfer methods. They prepared their plates by incising, peeling, and carving into the Tetra Pak surface to create areas of texture and tone. Using intaglio inking techniques—including coating, buffing, polishing, and selective wiping—they achieved rich contrasts before printing their plates through the press. Each print and plate capture a self-selected area of growth, expressing personal journeys through the tactile, layered language of sustainable printmaking.