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  2. Laser engraving - Wikipedia

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    Laser engraving metal plates are manufactured with a finely polished metal, coated with an enamel paint made to be "burned off". At levels of 10 to 30 watts, excellent engravings are made as the enamel is removed quite cleanly. Much laser engraving is sold as exposed brass or silver-coated steel lettering on a black or dark-enamelled background.

  3. Photogravure - Wikipedia

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    He worked on his photomechanical process in the 1850s and patented it in 1852 ('photographic engraving') and 1858 ('photoglyphic engraving'). [3] Photogravure in its mature form was developed in 1878 by Czech painter Karel Klíč, who built on Talbot's research. [4]:4 This process, the one still in use today, is called the Talbot-Klič process. [2]

  4. Stipple engraving - Wikipedia

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    Stipple engraving is a technique used to create tone in an intaglio print by distributing a pattern of dots of various sizes and densities across the image. The pattern is created on the printing plate either in engraving by gouging out the dots with a burin , or through an etching process. [ 1 ]

  5. Cricut - Wikipedia

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    The largest machine will produce letters from a 13 to 597 mm (0.5 to 23.5 in) high. Both the Cricut and Cricut Explore Air 2 require mats and blades which can be adjusted to cut through various types of paper, vinyl and other sheet products. The Cricut operates as a paper cutter based upon cutting parameters programmed into the machine, and ...

  6. Burin (engraving) - Wikipedia

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    A burin diagram, showing the handle, shaft, cutting tip, and face. [1] The bend in the shaft is especially associated with wood engraving. [2]A burin (/ ˈ b j ʊər ɪ n, ˈ b ɜːr ɪ n / BUR(E)-in) is a steel cutting tool used in engraving, from the French burin (cold chisel).

  7. Woodcut - Wikipedia

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    The Four Horsemen c. 1496–98 by Albrecht Dürer, depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking.An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts.

  8. Dreams of Joy - Wikipedia

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    Dreams of Joy is organized in four sections—The Tiger Leaps, The Rabbit Dodges, The Dog Grins, and The Dragon Rises. Joy is the Tiger – romantic, artistic, rash, and impulsive. In this novel, unlike Shanghai Girls, Joy and Pearl are both narrators. Driven by anger at Pearl and May for lying to her about her identity and filled with guilt ...

  9. Joy DeGruy - Wikipedia

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    She was the youngest of four children born to working class parents, Oscar DeGruy, a truck driver and Nellie Parker DeGruy, a stay-at-home mom. Her parents grew up in Louisiana. Joy's maternal great-grandparents were from Belize. [1] Joy attended elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school in Los Angeles Unified School District.