Gayle Bair on mon 13 feb 12
Hi RImas,
I don't have my Hammer and Hammer handy but I'm pretty sure what I am doing
is Sgraffito. I use multiple tools to create my designs and a loop tool is
only one them. I make tools out of needles, wires etc. A loop tool is only
used if I want to carve away a large area which I haven't been doing lately=
.
If you go to my Vessels and Vases page I think you will agree:
http://claybair.com/Gayle_Bair_Pottery_index/Pages/Lidded_Vessels_%26_Vases=
.html
The Crow vases at the bottom of the page were earlier pieces. When I want a
greater B&W contrast and will use small loop tools to speed the process.
when I did a brief search online I did see that the word carving was used
in conjunction with sgraffito.
http://seco.glendale.edu/ceramics/sgraffito.html
Maybe it's just a "fine line" we are walking here!;-)
Gayle - former printmaker now a carver & sgraffitoist
Gayle Bair Pottery
gayle@claybair.com
www.claybair.com
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:00 AM, Rimas VisGirda wrote:
> Sgraffito: from the Italian, literally "scratched away." The tool that yo=
u
> all have been making is a loop tool, not a sgraffito tool, and you have
> been incising, not sgraffito-ing... Just sayin' -Rimas
>
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