Pottery with finger impressions, Lucerne 1932.

Impressions made using a piece of wood and filled with a red uranium glaze, Lucerne, c. 1955-1960.

Impression made using natural leaves, stoneware, Lucerne c. 1985-1990.

Andreas Heege, 2023

Impressed decoration in CERAMICA CH

Impressed decoration is a technique based on the principle of displacing clay. It differs from stamped decoration/rouletted decoration by virtue of the fact that rather than using individual stamps or roller stamps, the impressions are made using the fingertips, small round pieces of wood or natural leaves. Dimpled decorations can also be considered to be impressed decorations. A special type of impressed decoration was created by potters from Bugnei GR, who used something like a furniture fitting or religious badges to create their version of the technique.

Impressed decoration differs from incised decoration by virtue of the fact that incising involves removing material rather than just displacing it.

Translation Sandy Haemmerle

German: Eindruckdekor

Französisch: décor à empreintes

References:

Blondel 2001
Nicole Blondel, Céramique, vocabulaire technique, Paris 2014, 290-292.