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Burin (engraving)
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A burin is a steel cutting tool used in engraving, from the French burin. Its older English name and synonym is graver.
A burin diagram, showing the handle, shaft, cutting tip, and face. The bend in the shaft is especially associated with wood engraving.
A burin diagram, showing the handle, shaft, cutting tip, and face. The bend in the shaft is especially associated with wood engraving.
The malformed hand of Hendrik Goltzius, which was especially suited to the use of a burin
The malformed hand of Hendrik Goltzius, which was especially suited to the use of a burin
Intaglio (printmaking)
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Intaglio is the group of printing and printmaking techniques in which an image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink. It is the direct opposite of a relief print
Burin (engraving)
…A flat burin has a rectangular face, and is used for cutting away large portions of material at a time. An engraving burin is used predominantly by intaglio engravers, but also by relief printmakers in making wood engravings. Usually an engraver will have several tools, of different sizes and shapes of…
Banknote portrait pattern made with intaglio printing. Denomination: 1000 Hungarian forint. Depicted area: 18.1 by 13.5 millimetres (0.71 in × 0.53 in
Banknote portrait pattern made with intaglio printing. Denomination: 1000 Hungarian forint. Depicted area: 18.1 by 13.5 millimetres (0.71 in × 0.53 in).