sgraffito

IPA: sgrʌfˈitoʊ

(art, uncountable) A technique in ceramics, art and wall design, where the top layer of pigment or slip is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer.
(art, countable) An instance or sample of sgraffito.

Examples of "sgraffito" in Sentences

His sgraffito style made him popular very quickly.
Latex and enamel paints, black ink wash, pen and black and red ink, sgraffito
The large plate you so greatly admired is called sgraffito or scratched work, sometimes called slip engraving.
Many buildings date back to the 15th and 16th centuries and are painted with coats of arms or engraved with sgraffito designs.
I believe the clay coated board is so that you can incise or abraid through the clay to expose a white surface for fine detail, like scratchboard or sgraffito.
This group is characterized by simple sgraffito decoration of concentric circles under a bright yellow-brown glaze and takes the forms of cups, plates, and bowls, all supported on a raised foot.
Used in a technique called sgraffito, whereby a thin layer of Overlay paste is applied to the glazed porcelain or glass, allowed to dry, and a pointed instrument used to scratch a design into the layer, allowing t he porcelain or glass beneath to appear.
Then the master made his sketch in white, or "sgraffito" (i.e. graven on the plaster), as in the architectural lines of the pictures of patron saints in the Uffizi, and the _Marriage of S. Catherine_ in the Pitti Palace; he also put in the shadows in monochrome.