GLASS PRINTS.
The "cliche-verre"
is sometimes translated as a glass print. Completely
distinct from this are certain decorative items produced
in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries,
which are also often termed "glass prints": a mezzotint
was glued face down onto glass, then rubbed from behind
to remove all the paper, hand colored, and framed.
GOUGE.
A tool used for cutting
wood and linoleum, specifically to clear away larger
spaces of the block. Curved gouges may be obtained as
well as flat ones. V-shaped.gouges are used for cutting
deep, angular furrows. A gouge used in linocutting
resembles a pen and is attached to a pearshaped handle.
GRADATION.
Gradual strengthening, or
weakening, of a tone.
GRAIN.
1. A loose description of
aquatint ground and of its resulting effect on an
impression, and of any other printing element or
impression with dots or grain on its surface. 2. The
irregular aspect of the surface of a stone, plate or
transfer paper in the lithographic method, necessary to
the firm adhesion of the marks of the crayon. It is
created on the stone or plate by an initial graining
process. 3. The irregular aspect of the surface of paper
or of transparent film used in screenprinting.
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