Techniques

Slip Trailing: applying slip using a thin tube to dispense fine lines onto leather hard clay

Impressed Texture: molding texture into clay to create a print

Mishima: carving a picture and then using under glaze to fill the lines and scrape the rest off 

Sgraffito: applying glaze to the entire surface and then carving lines to reveal the clay

Sprigging: using molds to apply clay to a flat surface 

Mishima and Sgraffito

Mishima and Sgraffito

            “Sgraffito” means to scratch or mark, while Mishima means to lay slip or underglaze into a mold. In Sgraffito, you are scratching away the clay and in mishima, you are molding slip into a shape. Mishima can be used for complex shapes that must be made several times. In my opinion, sgraffito is a way to incorporate your own design.

Sgraffito	Mishima
·         Scratching and taking away ·         A decorating technique done by applying layers of colors to leather hard pottery and then scratching off parts of the layers ·         Unfired ·         Scratched to show the underlying colors/parts	·         Add slip to mold (or make your own mold) ·         Carve the design first and fill with slip or underglaze ·         Allows for extremely fine, intricate design work with hard, sharp edges ·         The clay and slip that is used should have fine particles without inclusions