The art, process, or technique of collotype printing; the practice and craft of creating images using the collotype method.
From collotype + -y (suffix forming nouns denoting practices, processes, or conditions). A technical term specifically designating the discipline of collotype printing as an art and craft.
Collotypy represents something beautiful about 19th-century printing culture—entire schools, guilds, and master craftspeople dedicated themselves to perfecting one single process. It's a reminder that before digital's democratization, expertise was deep and narrow and that was actually valuable.
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