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Etching

Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types of material.

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History

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Printmaking technique in detail

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"Etchings" euphemism

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3D printing
1986
Aquatint
1772
Chromolithography
1837
Daisy wheel printing
1889
Digital printing
1991
Dot matrix printing
1925

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History

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Printmaking technique in detail

Industrial uses

Controlling the acid's effects

Printing

"Etchings" euphemism

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Etching

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples156
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
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Etching

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related to "Etchings" euphemism · 17
Etching → Alger, Dashiell Hammett's, French, Horatio Alger Jr, I'll, In, It, James Thurber, She, The, The Erie Train Boy, The Thin Man, This, Want, Won't, XXII, You
related to External links · 17
Etching → Art, Art HistoryMetropolitan Museum, CatalogueEtching, Fitzroy, MMA Timeline, Modern Art, People, Print Australia Reference Library, Printed Pictures, Prints, Social History, The Century Co, The Metropolitan Museum, TorontoCarrington, United States, University, Wenceslaus Hollar Collection
related to Callot's innovations: échoppe, hard ground, stopping-out · 8
Etching → Callot, France, Jacques Callot, Lorraine, Nancy, Now, Previously, This
related to Nontoxic etching · 8
Etching → Again, An, Growing, Keith Howard, Mark Zaffron, Others, The, When
related to Types of metal plates · 8
Etching → An, Copper, Increases, Steel, The, This, With, Zinc
related to Printmaking technique in detail · 6
Etching → Hard, Once, Solid, The, There, To
related to Aquatint · 5
Etching → After, Aquatint, Areas, Particulate, Successive
related to Photo-etching · 5
Etching → Areas, Light, Once, Photopolymer, The
related to Printing · 5
Etching → At, Damp, Printing, The, Zinc
related to Industrial uses · 4
Etching → AD, New World Hohokam, Prior, The

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plate acid ground metal used printing copper steel also technique ink process surface etched prints plates hard artist may zinc

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Etching3D printing19861.00infobox
EtchingAquatint17721.00infobox
EtchingChromolithography18371.00infobox
EtchingDaisy wheel printing18891.00infobox
EtchingDigital printing19911.00infobox
EtchingDot matrix printing19251.00infobox
EtchingDye-sublimation19571.00infobox
EtchingEtchingc. 15151.00infobox
EtchingHectograph18601.00infobox
EtchingHot metal typesetting18841.00infobox
EtchingInkjet printing19501.00infobox
EtchingIntaglio (printmaking)14301.00infobox
EtchingLaser printing19691.00infobox
EtchingLithography17961.00infobox
EtchingMezzotint16421.00infobox
EtchingMimeograph18851.00infobox
EtchingMovable type10401.00infobox
EtchingOffset printing18751.00infobox
EtchingPhotostat and rectigraph19071.00infobox
EtchingPhototypesetting19491.00infobox
EtchingPintadera10,000 BC1.00infobox
EtchingPrinting pressc. 14401.00infobox
EtchingRelief printing16901.00infobox
EtchingRotary press18431.00infobox
EtchingScreen printing19111.00infobox
EtchingSolid ink printing19721.00infobox
EtchingSpark printing19401.00infobox
EtchingSpirit duplicator19231.00infobox
EtchingThermal printingc. 19721.00infobox
EtchingThermal-transfer printing19811.00infobox

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