Revisiting Natalie Blake and the art of sgraffito
In May of 2009 I wrote a couple of posts about Natalie Blake's eye-popping decorative tiles . A division of Natalie Blake Studios called Unalun is making Blake's signature sgraffito tiles for Ann Sacks and a wide range of fully custom designs under their own name.
I'm interested in this paintings as plenty nowadays as I changed into a 12 months ago. It's an terrific hybrid of the a look of a wooden cut however in a sculptural form. It's exquisite to see a tough surface that may be so soft and sinuous on the identical time.
Natalie Blake's Unalun tiles get their appearance from draping moist clay over a form and then etching it the usage of a method called sgraffito. That's Italian for "scratched." Here's a video that suggests Blake's sgraffito technique in action.
Please visit the rest of the Unalun collection on their website and be sure to check them out on Ann Sacks' site too .
Natalie Blake uses sgraffito on her fine art as well, her interesting and compelling fine art. Spend the afternoon combing through her entire site. It's amazing stuff, all of it.