An engraving or artistic technique using a hard, pointed tool to create images on a waxed surface.
From Greek 'keros' (wax) combined with '-graph' (from 'graphein' meaning to write or draw). The term emerged in the 19th century as artists and printmakers explored alternative techniques.
Cerograph is an artistic sibling to engraving and etching, but instead of metal plates, artists scratch designs into wax—creating images that have a unique, almost three-dimensional quality when printed, blending the delicate line-work of drawing with the durability of printmaking.
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