Rappitor Here is the Kakashi I promised ya :p

To make an etching the artist first coats the entire printing plate with an acid-resistant substance called a made from beeswax, asphalt, and other material. the artist then draws on the coated plate with an etching needle exposing the metal. next the plate is dipped in the plate is removed, the waxy coating removed, and the plate is cleaned, inked and printed.

Why do you think it took four different people to create a japanese woodcut? why didn't one person do all the work like most artists of today?

How does viewing byzantine representational art as icons/windows change the interpretations we give them?