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Sgraffito Butterfly Vase

Sgraffito Turtle Vase

Sgraffito Turtle Bowl

Sgraffito Fish Bowls

Sgraffito Seahorse Plate

Sgraffito Fish Plate

Sgraffito Fish Bowls

Sgraffito Fish Pot

Sgraffito Fish Vase

Sgraffito Fish Vase

Sgraffito Fish Pot

Sgraffito

The sgraffito carving technique is used on the pottery. Mason stain is added to slip and brushed onto the leather hard pot. The pottery it is carved through the slip into the stoneware pot with a small carving tool to reveal the clay's true color; this carving method is called sgrafitto, which means, "to scratch". When the carving is complete and the pot is bone dry, it is bisque fired in an electric kiln. Next, clear or colored glaze is added to the pot and fired once more..

Sgraffito is labor intensive. Some of the sgraffito pottery has more than 8 hours of carvings.

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