A relief carving-based technique where the image remains at the surface level of a wooden block while the negative spaces around its contours is carved off. The raised image retains the ink and is printed on the desired surface, usually paper.
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Carding
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Calotype
An early photographic technique invented by William Henry Fox Talbot, who patented it in 1841. Also known as talbotype, the…
Photomontage
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Screen-Printing
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