Article · Printed Editions
One Tool, Six Centuries: The Burin
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2026
About this lesson
A print publisher's explanation of how a burin displaces metal to cut V-shaped furrows, how angle, speed, pressure and plate rotation change a line, and how different burin profiles (lozenge, square, flat graver, spit-sticker) serve different marks.
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