March Craft & Chat: Sgraffito Pottery

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This week, at our monthly gathering at the South Beach Community Center, Liz Fox and Beth Kattleman will guide us through the art of sgraffito, an Italian word meaning “to scratch,” a centuries-old pottery decorating technique that produces stunning results through a surprisingly meditative process.

Sgraffito works by applying a layer of colored slip to leather-hard clay, then carefully scratching away parts of that layer to reveal the clay beneath, creating contrasting images, patterns, and texture. In this workshop, we carved through black slip to reveal the white clay underneath, so your carved lines contrast against a dark background.

Thank you again to everyone who made this evening possible, and for being a part of this journey! We look forward to continuing to grow this community of co-creating joy, hope and action through art together.

We’re grateful to everyone who joined us for this special evening and can’t wait to see you at our next monthly gathering in March. If you missed this one, stay tuned—there’s always room at the table for new creative voices in our community!

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  • My desire to connect and communicate drives my art and the concern I feel for our planet draws me to be part of the Emerald Curtain Collective. I enjoy sculpting masks of key species that help educate others about our unique ecosystems.

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