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Scratchboard or scraperboard or scratch art [1] is a form of direct engraving where the artist scratches off dark ink to reveal a white or colored layer beneath. The technique uses sharp knives and tools for engraving into the scratchboard, which is usually cardboard covered in a thin layer of white China clay coated with black India ink .
Magic Slate (also known as Magic Slate paper saver) is a children's drawing toy. It was invented by R. A. Watkins in 1923 in the United States, and has remained in production for over seven decades. Besides being a toy, it is also used as an erasable message board and a communication device for people unable to speak.
A scratch-built Warhammer 40,000 Land Raider in 1/18 scale utilizing paperboard and cardboard. A 7cm long scratch-built model of 1/700 scale Japanese gunboat Fushimi (1939), built out of paper and copper wire. A scratch-built 1:87 scale model of an old Vespa garage in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 1950s, mainly built out of Foamcore and plastic card.
The term sgraffito is based on the verb graffiare 'to scratch', which probably entered Italian through Lombardic and ultimately traces back to the Greek word gráphein 'to write'. The Italian prefix 's-' originates in the Latin prefix 'ex-', and is used in this case to intensify the basic meaning, so that 'to scratch' becomes 'to scratch off'.
Sketchbook paper comes in a variety of tones, ranging from pure white, to cream, and includes less common varieties, such as gray. In displays of contemporary art, as well as historical retrospectives, intimate and ephemeral records are increasingly valued, resulting in the exhibition of sketchbooks alongside "finished" artworks.
Scratch video; Scrimshaw; Serial imagery; Silent books; Single-channel video; Sketch (drawing) Son et lumière (show) Sticker art; Stone carving; String art; Studio glass; Studio pottery; Subtractive drawing