a technique for producing petroglyphs that employs a sharp instrument (including sharp-pointed rocks) to cut an image into a softer rock surface.

Producing a design by cutting into or engraving the surface. This is the opposite of relief sculpting. TO TOP TO TOP TO TOP

Cutting slits into the surfaces of a piece of wood prior to preservative treatment to improve absorption.

Scratching lines into a surface.

Decorative technique in which lines are scratched, either mechanically or by hand, into the wet body of a ceramic.