A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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Bunches of needles
In intaglio engraving when the metal is worked directly with a tool (such as in drypoint*) artists at times use needles put together in "bunches" as a kind of crayon. The lines laid by such a tool are slightly blurred as in points with several tips. Three-pointed tools were used as early as the 18th century in the crayon* method. [* emery stone pencil].
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