etchings
Plates bitten by acid
Etchings are prints made from metal plates into which designs have been incised with acid.
The artist draws through a wax coating, acid bites into the exposed metal, and ink fills the grooves for printing.
The phrase come up and see my etchings became a cliché for luring someone to one's apartment with romantic intent—the pretense of viewing art masking seduction.
Needle-scratched printmaking method
- aquatintTonal etching process
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- burinPointed engraving implement
- plateFlat dish for food
press · proof · edition · matrix · acid · etchant · rosin · ground
Cut into material
- engraveCarve designs permanently
- carveCut to shape
- inscribeCarve letters into surface
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
crosshatch · linework · hatching · stipple · bite · burnish · scrape · needle
Hard conductive solid
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- zincElement thirty
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- glassTransparent solid from sand
circuit board · semiconductor · nameplate · jewelry · tombstone · memorial · plaque · mirror
Transfer text to paper
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- artworkVisual creative production
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- imageVisual or mental likeness
rendering · depiction · portrait · landscape · still life · figurative · decorative · original
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- historicOf lasting significance
classic · old master · rare · aged · yellowed · foxing · patina · provenance
drypoint
Needle-scratched printmaking method
- aquatintTonal etching process
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
- burinPointed engraving implement
plate · press · proof · edition · matrix · acid · etchant · rosin · ground · biting
incise
Cut into material
score · crosshatch · linework · hatching · stipple · bite · burnish · scrape · needle · stylus
metal
Hard conductive solid
glass · circuit board · semiconductor · nameplate · jewelry · tombstone · memorial · plaque · mirror · window
Transfer text to paper
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- artworkVisual creative production
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
image · rendering · depiction · portrait · landscape · still life · figurative · decorative · original · signed
antique
Old valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
historic · classic · old master · rare · aged · yellowed · foxing · patina · provenance · auction
- antique printsbotanical prints, bird prints, lithographs, engravings, landscape prints
- ExpressionismEdvard Munch, The Scream, Der Blaue Reiter, German Expressionism, woodcuts
- sporting arthunting scenes, wildlife art, fox hunting, deer hunting, duck hunting
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
- visual artdrawing, fine art, painting, portrait, sketch
- visualsimage, illustrations, photograph, images, diagram
etchingswoodcuts
Prints from carved lumber
lithographs · woodblock prints · linocuts · serigraphs · screenprints
etchingspaintings
Pictures made with pigment
oil paintings · watercolors · frescoes · murals · drawings
- glass etchingIncised decoration on transparent surfaces
- acid etchingCorrosive substance marking surfaces