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“He had invited me over to his workshop and showed me the materials and the wood etcher he was using,” Knudson said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 17, 2021

The technical data sheet for the paint you used says that you can re-coat after cleaning the first layer with a degreaser and etcher.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2016

Van Dyck was equally brilliant as an etcher, as represented by several examples from his celebrated “Inconographie” portrait series.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2016

The capital’s obsession with concrete reaches an apotheosis in the Carreno’s spectacular open-sided lobby, which evokes the brooding prisons by the 18th-century etcher Piranesi.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 22, 2012

The etcher who confines himself to gently baring his copper must bite longer than he who attacks his plate more vigorously, and therefore exposes it more to the action of the acid.

From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime