حکاکی

Also known as engraving technique, engraving (activity)

thumb|Saint Jerome in His Study (Dürer)|St. Jerome in His Study (1514), engraving by [[Northern Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer]] Engraving is the practice of incising a design on a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called "engravings". Engraving is one of the oldest and most important techniques in printmaking.