Sgraffito Definition

skră-fētō, zgrä-
sgraffiti
noun
A method of producing a design on ceramics, murals, etc. by incising the outer coating of slip or glaze to reveal a ground of a different color.
Webster's New World
Ware decorated in this manner.
American Heritage
Such a design.
Webster's New World
An object bearing such a design.
Webster's New World
verb
To produce a design using this technique.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Sgraffito

Noun

Singular:
sgraffito
Plural:
sgraffiti

Origin of Sgraffito

  • Italian past participle of sgraffire to scratch from sgraffio a scratch from sgraffiare to scratch from Old Italian s- intensive pref. sforzando graffiare to scratch graffito

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed from the Italian, which derives from the Ancient Greek graphein, meaning "to write or scratch."

    From Wiktionary

Sgraffito Sentence Examples

  • Dangers to remaining sgraffito decorations exist and should be assessed when a scheme is going to be repaired.

  • Decorating a plate using a needle placed in a cork to scratch through the color to create a sgraffito pattern.

  • Sgraffito designs have been combined with other graphic techniques such as fresco, and with other materials, such as mosaics.

  • I use oxides, pigments and colored slips on unfired clay, employing various techniques, which include brushwork, sponging and sgraffito.

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