An intaglio method in which the artist works from dark to light The plate is systematically roughened with a spurlike tool called a rocker If inked in this state, it will print a velvety black Graduated highlights are then smoothed out by scraping and burnishing the plate Mezzotint is often combined with other intaglio methods
print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade
A plate is roughened with a network of small burred dots, applied by a toothed "rocker", and which, if printed, would produce a rich black To achieve tonal variations, up to white, the plate is scratched and brushed to various degrees, to determine how much ink is accepted To smoother the surface, the less receptive it is to ink It is inked and printed as above
(mezzo=half + tinta=tone): This is a reverse engraving process that produces illustrations in relief, displaying the effects of light and shadow The surface of a master plate, usually copper or steel, is roughened with a tool called a rocker so that if inked, it will print solid black The areas to be white or gray in the print are rubbed down so they will pick up ink in various degrees It was widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries to reproduce portraits and other paintings, but has become obsolete with the introduction of photo-engraving
The plate is roughened uniformly with a tool called a rocker, after which the burr in certain areas is burnished (rubbed) down so it will hold less ink
A process of engraving in which the design is produced by scraping the half tones and highlights from a specially roughened black printing surface The copper plate is first roughened with a rocker, ( a tool with a wide, curved, serrated edge) which is used to rock the surface of the plate uniformly at a number of different angles causing an even burr, which holds the ink and makes it possible to print a rich, velvety black The artist then scrapes out with a rnezzotint scraper those areas of his design which he desires to print in a lighter tone, or completely rubs the burr out for those areas to be printed white
An intaglio process in which the plate surface is roughened to the point where it prints black when inked Then an image is created by smoothing and scraping the surface to hold less ink, creating tonal variations in the finished print
A intaglio process in which the plate is roughened with a toll called a rocker (see: rocker), producing a black background The printmaker then works from black to white in establishing the design, scraping and burnishing the roughened surface to the desired degree of white In this sense, true white will be unprinted paper top
An intaglio process in which the plate surface is roughened and then an image is created by smoothing the areas to be printed
(or mezzoprint ) In printmaking, an engraving process that is tonal rather than linear, or prints produced by this process Developed in the seventeenth century, mezzotint was used widely as a reproductive printing process, especially in England, until photographic processes overtook it in the mid-nineteenth century
the dots which form a contact screen for making simulated halftone effects that are irregular in shape and size and non-uniform in position
engraving, printing - A form of tonal engraving which, works from dark to light The plate is prepared with a dense mesh of small burred dots created by a toothed, chisel-like tool known as a 'rocker' If inked and printed at this stage, the print would be black Tonal gradations are achieved by using a scraper to remove greater or lesser amounts of the small burred dots, the areas of most intense light being created by burnishing the plate When inked, the areas retaining the most burred dots create the darkest zones because they retain the most ink, while burnished areas create the highlights as they are not able to hold ink
(mezzo = half and tinta = tone), a reverse engraving process used on a copper or steel plate to produce illustrations in relief with effects of light and shadow The surface of a master plate is roughened with a tool called a rocker so that if inked, it will print solid black The areas to be white or gray in the print are rubbed down so as not to take ink It was widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries to reproduce portraits and other paintings, but became obsolete with the introduction of photoengraving
An intaglio technique The artist begins by roughening the entire plate surface with a scratching tool He or she then scrapes the design into the scratched areas In printing, the ink sticks to the roughened areas but not the design The result is an image in white on a black background See Frank Stella, Nemrik