Styrofoam take-out containers are essentially unfriendly to the environment and I try to avoid them as much as possible. Recently I did bring home the pictured container from a restaurant with my uneaten portion of eggplant parmesan. When I noticed the design on the bottom I saw a printmaking opportunity. I cut out some lettering from the middle of the container leaving that small rectangular cut-out. I got out some oil based printing ink and a rubber brayer to print this child's tee shirt.
Since the ink is not water based, you will need some mineral spirits or turpentine to clean your brayer. I also plan on letting the Styrofoam printing plate dry so that I can use it again.
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