Pâte-Sur-Pâte

Pâte-sur-pâte is a special type of decoration. The French word means “paste on paste.” Thin layers of white creamy slip were applied to an unfired clay vase. The slip, or thin clay, formed a raised decoration on the finished piece. Pâte-sur-pâte was developed by Marc Louis Solon, who was trying to copy an early Chinese […]