Creating marks on the surface of a hard material, such as metal or glass, by incising with a sharp tool, when the designs or images created are for their own sake and not to be printed from. For printing processes that involve this technique plus intaglio printing from the surface, use "engraving (printing process)."
This term has 10 records attributed within our system.
AAT
Technique
300053829
bright cutting
diamond-point engraving
hairline engraving
wheel-engraving
13yrs ago
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