This paper intends to address topics that have been relevant to my creation process, along with other issues that influenced the work that i've been performing during my master's degree in Visual Arts UFPEL. The work i present here make subtle relations between the engraving process and the marks we see throughout our daily lives. The paper is organized in a way so that it makes understandable that the poetic that arises from the engraving process is parallel to the electrolytic procedures found in metal engraving. Here i present the perceptions of an engraver. The practice is the starting point of this investigation. It's aim is to focus on the act of seeing, implying that it goes beyond the atelier walls, exploring questions and event...