Is this a general question?
-fabrics (clothes)
-words (songs)
-elements (compounds)
-ingredients (food)
May you explain your question a little bit better?
Intaglio printmaking can be dated back to the "Sumerian" people, around the year of 3000 BCE. The name itself however is relatively new, coming from the Latin "intagliare" which means "to cut"
The best answer here would be pencil.
Artists use pencil to make sketches and create studies. They then use these sketches and studies to create their final larger piece. They use pencil because it's quick, can be corrected, lightweight and easy to use. Before pencils artists would make charcoal drawings but once we had pencils it made sense to use them as they aren't messy like charcoal.
