{"id":17837,"date":"2025-08-14T14:47:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cursist-courses.com\/what-is-carving\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:23:57","slug":"what-is-carving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cursist-courses.com\/en\/what-is-carving\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay carving"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17837\" class=\"elementor elementor-17837 elementor-964\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88ad100 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88ad100\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63dad9c\" data-id=\"63dad9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be8ee92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be8ee92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/cursist-courses.com\/en\/what-is-sgraffito\/\">sgraffito<\/a> involves scratching away a layer of engobe, you can also carve away entire slices of clay from your piece to create an interesting relief. The advantage is that you often don&#8217;t need to extensively glaze your work.<\/p><p>Carving symmetrical shapes does require some preparation. It is best to outline what you are going to do. You can do this with an ordinary pencil, because those lines will simply burn away in the kiln. Just make sure that the object you are going to carve has a thick enough wall, because otherwise you might end up going through it&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de41097 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de41097\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aeedc69\" data-id=\"aeedc69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77de663 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"77de663\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-pin-do=\"embedBoard\" data-pin-lang=\"nl\" data-pin-board-width=\"750\" data-pin-scale-height=\"675\" data-pin-scale-width=\"180\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/DeCursist\/kerven\/\"><\/a>\n<script async=\"\" defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324b3f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"324b3f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Can&#8217;t see the examples? <a class=\"notion-link-token notion-focusable-token notion-enable-hover\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/DeCursist\/kerven-carving\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-token-index=\"1\"><span class=\"link-annotation-unknown-block-id-2075860065\">Check out the board on Pinterest<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You could call this technique the advanced form of the sgraffito technique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Ceramic carving, how do you do it? | Cursist","_seopress_titles_desc":"Ceramic carving could well be called the pervasive form of the sgraffito technique. 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