Printmaking for Beginners: Milk Carton Printing with Emilie

If you visit galleries in Australia and around the world, you will often see prints made by artists using engraved copper or zinc plates.  

You can do this at home but with an easy hack – using milk cartons or juice boxes!

In this workshop you will learn how to design an image for printmaking, engrave your milk box plate, ink it, and then make your own limited edition of prints.

What we will cover?

In this hands on workshop we will:

• Explore the basics of etching printmaking technique using a milk or juice box
• How to design and compose your image
• Demonstrate a couple of engraving techniques
• How to ink and print with everyday materials you have at home

What will I need?

• All materials provided
• Feel free to come with a design idea in mind!

Who will be teaching

Emilie (she/her) is an artist and educator based between Melbourne and Marseille (Fr), working across media with a focus on community-based practice and education. She graduated from her PhD in Fine Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2020 and has been an art resident at Testing Grounds (2020), Making Space (2021) and the Comic Art Workshop (2021).

Emilie has exhibited her works at FortyFive Downstairs gallery, the Abbotsford convent, No Vacancy Gallery, Arcade and George Patton Gallery.

In 2021, Emilie opened Couleur in Collingwood, a printmaking studio focusing on DIY, hand-prints, and experimental printmaking. Since 2023, Couleur Studio has relocated in South of France. Emilie is also a comic book artist and her illustration has been published by the Lifted Brow and she self-published her first graphic novel in 2018 with Tree Paper Comics in Melbourne.

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Pic: artist's own work

Have a question or other ways we can assist with accessibility? Feel free to email delsi (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.