Etching Traditionally, a process of engraving - most commonly glass, stone or metal - by using a needle to scratch through a protective coating, then adding acid to eat away at the exposed sections, without affecting the protected area. Used on metal plates that were then inked and applied to paper to create a print.
Also refers directly to the print created from an etched plate.
Today, may refer in general to the act of scratching a design into a hard surface. |
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