Raven on Lebanese Border, created on a kibbutz near the Israeli border with Lebanon, is a masterful combination of two types of printmaking. Dine created the bird using softground etching, a process in which he drew on a copper plate coated with a soft waxy ground. In contrast, Dine made the background with a woodcut block. The unusual, painterly softness was achieved by splashing solvent on the inked block, thus partially dissolving and thinning the ink. The printer, Julia D'Amario, used the heel of her hand to delicately push the ink and solvent around the block in an irregular fashion, rather than relying upon the pressure of a mechanical press, which would have distributed the ink and solvent evenly. The results vary enormously and each of the eight impressions of this print is unique.