One of the final steps is a visit to the custom laser engraver, where the serial number is permanently affixed.

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Meanwhile, the Bohemian engraver Rodolphe Bresdin placed Redon on his initial trajectory as an artist, teaching him etching and printmaking.

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In 1757, William Blake, the English poet, painter and engraver, was born.

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Library archivist Stella Halkyard said that because of his obscurity, Blake had also been an engraver and "produced a wide variety of work".

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Blair slotted his second conversion and although there was an hour to play the engraver had already started putting the Blues' name on the trophy.

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This wasn't a radical act of political will, nor a single mistake (a slip of an engraver's hand, perhaps), but a sustained act of misjudgment.

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Much of the billions in this statistic are made up of large systems for large manufacturers, but many maker companies know the value of a laser cutter or laser engraver.

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He then printed outlines of the necessary building blocks onto sheets of baked gingerbread, and used a 50-watt laser engraver to cut them out and score icing guides for the final touches later on.

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The Dutch engraver Johann Theodore de Bry's "Gabonese King Receiving Europeans" (1599) depicts a pair of bemused, elaborately dressed European explorers, before the nude king and queen of Gabon and surrounded by their gesticulating subjects, also nude.

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