Authors: Napatt Piyawongwatthana
At Mahidol University International College (MUIC), the Traditional Techniques Studio classes which focus on traditional techniques and methods relating to printmaking and illustration creation. The studio class emphasizes on developing skills related to the hand-on process of making images and forms while deepening an understanding of how mediums and techniques are related to the expression of content. As a result, the process causes wasteful material, especially printing papers. Therefore this study aims to create, make, recycled paper from students’ printing paper wastes mentioned above and reuse them in a new printmaking work. By creating new printing paper sheets (recycled) and utilizing them for another printing project, demonstrate attention to details of the investigator and also showcase the innovative solution bringing a sustainability approach to studio teaching and learning environment. The new series of printmaking works were created under the theme and titled “This Print Used to Be Prints.” The making process of the recycled papers and the making of the works are shown in Image 1-3 below (Image 1: The process of making paper pulp and recycled paper, Image 2: Outcomes of recycled printing paper, and Image 3: The experiment with printmaking processes and the possibilities in use for developing products). In conclusion, the students’ printmaking paper wastes from the studio classes can be reduced. This not only helps address and embed the sustainability practice to students in the studio teaching and learning environment, but also trains them to pay attention to details of our surroundings and engage in making improvements creatively for the betterment of themself and their professional future working processes and spaces.
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