etching

etsaus

etsaaminen puhekieltä The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etch etched with acid.
puhekieltä The image created by this process.
(RQ:Chmbrs YngrSt)

"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;(nb..)."