ystematic classification is insufficient 6 THE TECHNIQUE OF ENGRAVING to distinguish exhaustively all the technical proceduresand the manifold resources of the art.* From the sixteenth century onwards many other methodsof working on copper plates, besides those of line engravingand etching, came… … Fig. 5. The Roulette (different varieties). perpendicularly on the plate, and the engraver drives thepoint (or points) into the metal by tapping the upper endwith a light hammer. The design is produced by meansof a large number of dots coming close together, which inthe shadows are thicker and…
Engraving · Etching
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