First I made a stab a multi-colored sgraffito (now that I've tried it again and it still didn't get great results I undestand why it's not a widely used technique). The odd antique affect was due to using an underglaze that wasn't a true underglaze so it bled through.
Early in the summer I got the idea that it would be fun to use sgraffito to make copies of some of the petroglyphs I'd photographed on our travels. So I made a series of test tiles using red clay to see what kinds of underglaze I should use. These are mostly just 2" tiles but they sure were fun to make.
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Someday these will lead to something bigger, but what it would be wasn't clear the summer of 2019.
In the winter of 2020, I took another stab at the multi-colored sgraffito. And this time, all the colors bled through the top 2 layers of jade. I consider the technique a bust.
