I wish I made it…
I wish I made it…
After seeing Steven Colby’s blog and his, “I wish I made it…” posts, I started thinking I want to do that. So here is my first post.
At the Pittsburg NCECA I ran across this little Kathy King mug at the Santa Fe Clay’s La Mesa Show. I fell in love with it, and had to have it. I love sgraffito and have always wished my drawing skills were better so I could do it. I have always loved the look of woodcuts and Kathy King’s work is the best of both worlds for me. I really appreciate Kathy use of color with her sgraffito. When I teach sgraffito to my 8th and 9th graders I always bring in my mug to show them.
Just in case you don’t know sgraffito (pronounced scra-fee-toe) ), an Italian word meaning, “to scratch”, is a technique developed in the eastern Mediterranean in the 1st century B.C. and its development spread with the Roman Empire. A stain is added to the clay slip and brushed onto the pot; it is absorbed into the clay forming a thin skin. Then you carve through the colored slip with an assortment of craving tools. And if you are Kathy king you will have a beautiful pot afterwards.
Tags: Ceramics, kathy king, The Collection
