gravers
Incising implement wielders
Gravers are engraving tools—pointed steel instruments used to cut lines into metal, wood, or other hard surfaces.
Jewelers, printmakers, and metalworkers use gravers to incise designs or lettering.
The term also refers to people who engrave, though this sense is rare.
The silversmith selected a fine graver for the detailed scrollwork.
Acid-incised metal print
- inscribingCarving text into material
- incisingCutting into material
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
crosshatching · lettering · monogramming · scrimshaw · copperplate · die-cutting · heraldry · watchmaking
Carving cut below surface
- aquatintTonal etching process
- drypointNeedle-scratched printmaking method
- mezzotintTone-based intaglio method
- woodcutRelief print from timber
linocut · plate · proof · impression · edition · inking · wiping · press
etching
Acid-incised metal print
- inscribingCarving text into material
- incisingCutting into material
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
stippling · crosshatching · lettering · monogramming · scrimshaw · copperplate · die-cutting · heraldry · watchmaking · glasswork
intaglio
Carving cut below surface
- aquatintTonal etching process
- drypointNeedle-scratched printmaking method
- mezzotintTone-based intaglio method
woodcut · linocut · plate · proof · impression · edition · inking · wiping · press · paper
burin
Pointed engraving implement
precision
Accuracy of measurement
- detailSingle small element
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
skill · control · delicacy · sharpness · intricacy · fineness · patience · technique · mastery · accuracy
graversbrushes
Bristled implements for grooming
paintbrushes · pens · pencils · markers · applicators
- cradle to graveEntire span of existence
- one foot in the graveNear death's door
- dig one's own graveCause one's own undoing
- mass graveShared burial for many
- rolled in one's graveImagined corpse distress
- roll in one's graveReact posthumously to scandal
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