Intaglio

An image or tonal area is printed from lines or textures scratched or etched into a metal plate. The plate is inked, wiped, and run through a press with moistened paper, which is forced down into the inked recessions, thus transferring a reversed image. Types of intaglio include etching, engraving, drypoint, mezzotint, and aquatint. Traditional etching requires exposure to toxic chemicals and materials. The recent development of non-toxic chemical etchants by Friedhard Kiebeken has greatly increased the safety of intaglio.

Drypoint

A type of non-toxic intaglio in which lines are manually scratched into the surface of a metal plate at a sharp angle with a steel needle, which lifts burrs along the edges of the lines. These burrs yield a characteristically soft and velvety line in the final print.

• Glenna Heath, Center of the Falls, 2004 - purchase price: $325 ($104 unframed); drypoint
• Susan Rostow, Family Of Three (with son Jarrett Jung, age 7), 2002 – purchase price: $600; drypoint monotype
  

Susan Rostow: Family of Three