mezzotint
(Italian: mezzotinto, ‘half tint’).A printmaking method that produces subtly graduated tones rather than lines; the term also applies to a print made by this method, which is essentially as follows. A metal (usually copper) plate is laboriously roughened with a serrated chisel-like steel tool called a rocker, creating a texture somewhat like that of fine sandpaper over the whole surface. If inked and printed from in this condition, the plate would produce solid black. The design is formed by scraping away the textured ... ...
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