| THE ART OF ENGRAVING Making Portraits by Engraving | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6728 | |
| Catalog #: | 373914 | |
| Clip Number: | 373914-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 89 | |
| Timecode: | 01:03:23 - 01:05:26 | |
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1922 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ART: Engraving LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK | |
| Description: | THE ART OF ENGRAVING Copper plate is engraved by an artist - engravings are presented. Woman sits in a chair up on a small platform. The artist crosses & sits w/ sketch pad. MS artist sketching. MS woman posing. MS artist now sitting at desk. He uses the sketch as a reference as he draws another picture of the woman on a thin square sheet of metal(?) using a tool that looks like a small knitting needle. CU the portrait. MS artist rubbing ink on the square. CU same. MCU artist places the square on the flat surface of a press. He puts two other things over it. Then he covers the whole surface w/ protective cover; the flat surface starts to slide under cylinder. MLS woman operating the machine: she turns a large wheel which then turns the smaller gears that make the press work. MCU removing the work of art from the press: the sheet of paper or thicker material which was touching the inked square now has the portrait on it. MS woman pinning copies of the portrait to a table to dry. Series of CU s of this and other portraits made by this method. | |
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