A decorative technique, where by the surface of the clay is scratched, often to expose another layer of colored clay.
A decorative technique wherein slip coatings were incised to expose other slip colors or the body itself.
Decorative design drawn by incising through the slip to reveal differently colour body beneath. A popular method used by the Cizhou potter. Picture
method of scratching through the surface to reveal what is beneath
Technique in which a surface layer is incised or cut away revealing a contrasting color.
a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground
A method whereby a layer of color is scratched into with a point to reveal either another layer of color below or the white of the ground, thus making a linear pattern.
From the Italian word for "scratched" – a decorative technique involving the cutting away of a slip layer to reveal the color of the paste beneath.
Decorative technique in which the overland surface is harrowed or cut through, so as to form the design from the contrasting ground underneath.
Art form whereby the image is made by scratching through a layer to reveal a different color underneath; was used in Renaissance times on stucco and stained glass.
a technique in which you scrape or scratch away the very top surface of layers of color to create whispy hairs, lines etc.
Designs which are hand-carved into colored layers on pottery until completed.
a technique that involves scratching through one layer to reveal another
Decoration scratched through a layer of slip on a pot's surface, showing the colour of the clay underneath.
a decorative technique where an engobe coating on the surface of the clay is incised or scratched through to uncover the color of the clay beneath. Sistrum - a u-shaped rattle with metal disks threaded onto crossbars.
Technique in which the surface layer is incised or cut away to reveal a contrasting colour.
a decorative technique of scratching through a coloured slip to expose another colour underneath.
A decorative technique achieved by cutting through one colour to reveal the colour beneath.
A method of decorating pottery after firing wherein the surface is scratched to form intricate patterns.
decoration scraped very shallowly into a pot's surface.
A method of decoration made by scratching through slip on ceramics to show a different coloured undersurface. 'Slip' used in this process is a creamy mixture of clay and water that is mainly used to decorate earthenware.
(Pronunciation: "skrah-FEE-toh") A method of decoration where designs are produced by scratching or cutting away parts of a top layer (such as a glaze or slip) to form a pattern by revealing a contrasting color or texture underneath.
Technique in which surface layer of paint is scratched through to reveal color underneath.
Sgraffito is a decorating technique. The leatherhard or softer surface of a piece is covered with a contrasting color of underglaze or slip or glaze. A design is cut through the covering; revealing the color of the clay body. For example: A black covering is brushed over the entire surface of a pot made from a white clay body. The cut line becomes a white line on a black field. Check out the "HOW TO" tutorial below: TUTORIALS SGRAFFITO TUTORIAL PLATTERS
The technique of scratching through a coating of slip to reveal the contrasting colour beneath.
(sgraf-ee-to) Italian term meaning scratched; in painting, one color is laid over another, and scratched to reveal the color underneath.
A decorative process. A line is scratched through a layer of slip or glaze before firing to expose the clay underneath. From the Italian, meaning literally “to scratch.
Sgraffito ("scratched", plural Scraffiti and often also written Scraffito) is a technique either of wall decor, produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors to a moistened surface, or in ceramics, by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive layers of contrasting slip, and then in either case scratching so as to produce an outline drawing. A combed wall surface is produced by dragging a comblike tool over a prepared surface, producing stripes or waves.