Carol Wax

Biography and career

American printmaker and author of studies on mezzotint. Her work has helped preserve and promote the knowledge and practice of this printmaking technique.

Style, subjects and techniques

Her prints often focus on machines, instruments and objects, whose shapes and reflections become the subjects of compositions with remarkable tonal intensity.

The mezzotint technique

Mezzotint is an intaglio printmaking technique capable of producing deep blacks and smooth gradations of light. The surface of a metal plate is worked to create different tonal values. Each artist’s relationship to the technique must be assessed individually.

To learn more about the tools and methods involved, visit the sections on the history and the mezzotint process.