Faults
Foul-bite or "over-biting" is common in etching, and is the effect of minuscule amounts of acid leaking through the ground to create minor pitting and burning on the surface. This incidental roughening may be removed by smoothing and polishing the surface, but artists often leave faux-bite, or deliberately court it by handling the plate roughly, because it is viewed as a desirable mark of the process.
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Famous quotes containing the word faults:
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—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
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—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)