Preferred label
Carborundum prints
Broader term
Intaglio prints
Related term
Mezzotints
Scope note
For prints produced from printing plates that have been coated with carborundum, an abrasive powder of silicon carbide, mixed with a resin or liquid that hardens on the surface of the plate to catch and hold ink, or under pressure, scores the plate creating pits which retain ink. The plate can be worked in the same manner as a mezzotint to create an image by burnishing the surface to produce the tonal ranges of an image.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term & TGMII term.