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Tools - knife, gouge, tint tool, burin, roulette, diamond point, needle, scraper, burnisher, mezzotint rocker, dabber, roller, spatula, pallette knife, squeegee, baren, brayer.
Equipment - hotplate, arkansas stone, drying racks, pvc trays, woollen felts, etching blankets, runners.
Materials- cotton papers, tarlatan, chalk, oil based inks, plate oil, plastic film, carbon paper, gum rosin, metal plate (zinc, copper, steel, magnesium, aluminium), lino, plywood, cardboard, tissue, newsprint, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, ferric chloride, hard and soft grounds, mount board.
Mediums - intaglio, relief, monotones, collagraph, embossing.
Techniques - line etching, drypoint, softground etching, sugarlift etching, spit bite, aquatint, mezzotint, engraving, stippe engraving, electric engraver, solar plate, photo plate, lino cut, wood cut, wood engraving, carborundom, chine colle'.
Some Terms - a' la poupe'e, burr, archival, artist's proffs, bevel, bleed print, bon a' tirer (BAT), cancellation proof, chop mark, deckle, edition, foul bite, half tone, hot pressed, key block, laid, matrix, mordent, micrometer, muller, mylar, neoprene, photogravure, rag wipe, register marks, retroussage, state proof, hard facing, stencil, trial proof, viscosity, wove.
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