Sgraffito Decoration on a Large Bowl

[@aidasoto2936]

Excellent and hand made and quality control check ✔️ ✅️ Good work good stuff Superliked, Distinguish, Ultralevel, Graceful, Respect 🙏

[@merkelhess]

Much appreciated!

[@JJ_Sparks]

Beautiful...n it feels good that you worked with pencil... 😀👍👍

[@merkelhess]

Thank you so much 😀

[@helenangus1675]

Love your work and just using a pencil, fantastic love that idea will have to try it.

[@merkelhess]

thanks so much. There are better sgraffito tools than a pencil, but I always have one handy and they work if the clay is on the dry side of leather hard.

[@helenangus1675]

@Matthias Merkel Hess thank you for your reply, I do use other tools, but the use of a pencil was an interesting option.

[@jodiallen-zy5bi]

Gorgeous!!

[@evangeliemourouti]

Beautiful!

[@SharronMoores]

Love this…scrafitto

[@merkelhess]

Thanks!

[@alphonsechanekayebone7871]

Beautiful

[@potterybymollika]

I really enjoy doing sgrafitto on some of my pots too. I love the design you did, very nicely done!

[@merkelhess]

Thanks!

[@cynthiaknox2131]

Do you glaze all the way to the outside bottom of bowl? Concerned about dripping at all?

[@merkelhess]

Hi Cynthia, thanks for your question. The outside of this bowl is just finished with a blue underglaze that I have tested, and know won't melt at cone 6. But it is still suitable for cleaning and washing. The inside and rim of the bowl was finished with a food safe glaze. I fire to cone 6, and most underglazes stay matte at this temperature, but I still wouldn't put them on the bottom of a pot. If you have to do any clean up or sanding on the foot, having underglaze there will make it look uneven.

[@cynthiaknox2131]

@@merkelhess thanks for answering my question. Do you have a picture of the finished fired bowl here on Instagram or a website? I am interested in seeing what the final fired underglaze finish is like. Your scraffito designs are gorgeous. They evoke Peter Max art to me.

[@merkelhess]

@@cynthiaknox2131 thanks! I posted a picture of the bottom of this bowl in the "community" tab of my channel a few weeks ago.

[@adarfrida]

Beautiful work! I also do sgraffito on my channel and this is an inspiration for sure :)

[@merkelhess]

Thanks, I’ll check out your channel!

[@nadjabierbaum8136]

You do the scafitto- work with a pencil?

[@merkelhess]

Yes, I usually use a pencil. It works for me.

[@largiledesantans]

Bonjour, engobe ? Sur consistance cuir ? Ou email liquide sur biscuit ? Merci de votre réponse

[@merkelhess]

Hi, this is a commercial underglaze on leatherhard greenware. I’ve thinned the underglaze a bit, as I find that easier to work with.

[@anonumosGirl]

is your bowl bone dry when you are applying the underglaze?

[@merkelhess]

This bowl was on the dry side of leather hard, almost bone dry. It did rehydrate a bit from adding the 3 layers of underglaze.

[@jeangarry8189]

Hi I can tell you enjoy the process. My son's father is a Merkel😇

[@merkelhess]

I do enjoy it!

[@timothymccarthy7747]

I like the shape and size of this bowl, but think the decoration is too busy for it. It does add something attractive however.

[@merkelhess]

🌀🌀🌀

[@Noble-yc8wz]

Your clean up trim around the rim is so uneven.......I cant even watch it....UGH !

[@merkelhess]

thanks for your comment