OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 36726

sgraffito

/sɡɹəˈfiːtəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
esgrafiado
A technique in ceramics, art and wall design, where the top layer of pigment or slip is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer.
Sgraffito is a valuable design technique for working with slips[…], but did you know that this technique has other applications? With leather-hard clay you can incise (cut into) th…
Through color and tone Byzantine potters gave to sgraffito pottery qualities that go beyond the contrasts possible in metalwork. And the history of the colors in their use on Byzan…
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📚 verb • entry_id 36727

sgraffito

/sɡɹəˈfiːtəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
esgrafiar
To produce a design using this technique.
A West African woman sgraffitoes a traditional pattern […]
Use a ceramic tool or any pointer to sgraffito the lines in the enamel powder.
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