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The Scraffito Series from Pratt & Larson is inspired by the ancient technique in which a surface layer is scratched to reveal a ground of contrasting color. This collection was created by Michael Pratt in celebration of our 30th anniversary. Raphael’s painting workshop used Scraffito to decorate palace facades in Rome during the Italian Renaissance. The technique was revived and used within the Arts and Crafts Movement from 1890-1915. Michael employed this etching process to further explore tile influences from medieval Europe to Arabic geometry. These original designs were hand carved giving...

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SC-510H Scraffito Pattern H 5x10 p4 PLC Scraffito 2015

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TILE HANDMADE IN AMERICA All Scraffito designs can be ordered as monochrome in any of our existing glazes. Scraffito can also be ordered in polychrome, this technique is called Polywash (PW). Polywash is only available using the Watercolors glazes on the Scraffito designs. Two colors are used in the Polywash technique; the contrasting underglaze which recedes into the carved line and the overglaze which covers the entire surface of the tile. The 8 underglazes are shown below: Golden, Brown, Thyme, Mushroom, Silver, Indigo, Charcoal and India Ink. You may use any of our existing Watercolors for...

TILE HANDMADE IN AMERICA

TILE HANDMADE IN AMERICA

TILE HANDMADE IN AMERICA

TILE HANDMADE IN AMERICA

TILE HANDMADE IN AMERICA

TILE HANDMADE IN AMERICA

TILE HANDMADE IN AMERICA