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  2. Engraving - Wikipedia

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    "Hand engraving [2]" is a term sometimes used for engraving objects other than printing plates, to inscribe or decorate jewellery, firearms, trophies, knives and other fine metal goods. Traditional engravings in printmaking are also "hand engraved", using just the same techniques to make the lines in the plate.

  3. Steel engraving - Wikipedia

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    Steel engraving. Steel engraving is a technique for printing illustrations based on steel instead of copper. It has been rarely used in artistic printmaking, although it was much used for reproductions in the 19th century. Steel engraving was introduced in 1792 by Jacob Perkins (1766–1849), an American inventor, for banknote printing.

  4. Burin (engraving) - Wikipedia

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    Burin (engraving) A burin diagram, showing the handle, shaft, cutting tip, and face. [1] The bend in the shaft is especially associated with wood engraving. [2] A burin (/ ˈbjʊərɪn, ˈbɜːrɪn / BUR (E)-in) is a steel cutting tool used in engraving, from the French burin (cold chisel). Its older English name and synonym is graver.

  5. Music engraving - Wikipedia

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    Music engraving. Sample of hand-copied music manuscript, in ink, of a piece composed for piano. Music engraving is the art of drawing music notation at high quality for the purpose of mechanical reproduction. The term music copying is almost equivalent—though music engraving implies a higher degree of skill and quality, usually for publication.

  6. Etching - Wikipedia

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    Etching by Daniel Hopfer, who is believed to have been the first to apply the technique to printmaking. Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. [1] In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other ...

  7. Drypoint - Wikipedia

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    Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate (or "matrix") with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond point. In principle, the method is practically identical to engraving. The difference is in the use of tools, and that the raised ridge along the furrow is not scraped or ...

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