ETCHING

Etching

Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal . As an intaglio method of printmaking, it is, along with engraving, the most important technique for old master prints, and remains in wide use today.

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etching

Noun

  1. The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
  2. The image created by this process.

Verb

etching



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