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| aquatint |
a type of etching that achieves the soft sweeping tones of a wash drawing or watercolor by careful control of the length of time acid is left on any given area of the etching plate. |
| etch |
to practice the art or craft of etching. [1/4 definitions] |
| graphic arts |
arts such as etching or photography in which limited multiples of an image, each considered an original, are printed from the plate, screen, block, or piece of film on which the artist creates the image. [1/2 definitions] |
| hydrofluoric acid |
a highly poisonous water solution of hydrogen fluoride, colorless and corrosive, used esp. in etching glass. |
| mordant |
to treat with a caustic chemical for the purpose of etching or of fixing a dye. [1/5 definitions] |
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