Intaglio (printmaking)
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Intaglio (/ɪnˈtæli.oʊ/ in-tal-ee-oh) is the family of printing and printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface, and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink.
Description
Normally, copper or zinc plates are used as a surface or matrix, and the incisions are created by etching, engraving, drypoint, aquatint or mezzotint.
Collography
Collagraphs may also be printed as intaglio plates.
Relief printing
Intaglio is the direct opposite of a relief print.
See also
External links
- Intaglio @ Wikipedia
