Sgraffito is the technique of scratching an image through a coloured slip to reveal the body beneath.
What is sgraffito in ceramics.
Scratched in the visual arts a technique used in painting pottery and glass which consists of putting down a preliminary surface covering it with another and then scratching the superficial layer in such a way that the pattern or shape that emerges is of the lower colour during the middle ages especially in panel painting and in the illumination of.
Sgraffito pottery was once considered to be the vessels of kings.
The sgraffito ceramics are completely handmade today as they were centuries ago.
Sgraffito definition a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint plaster slip etc is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
It s a painstaking and time consuming process with many different steps.
The design is scratched on the surface of the pieces before the first firing and the final painting.
In these pieces everything white has been carved out with a small knife and loop tool.
From the byzantine emperors to the russian czars sgraffito has been the earthenware for the blue bloods of europe s finest houses.
The piece is then fired to glazed with a clear.