Sgraffito Plaster: Light Patterns on Walls

Close-up of sgraffito plaster on the top two floors of an Art Nouveau apartment facade, where artisans have scratched patterns into two layers of different colored plaster: creamy white poppies and flowing stems revealed on a pale ochre base, with delicate, flat lines, like a print engraved on the wall; the pattern extends vertically along the wall between the windows, forming a flat-versus-three-dimensional contrast with the stone relief below. Avoid: murals painted directly with paint, patterns that are three-dimensional reliefs, overly strong and harsh color contrasts, cracked or peeling plaster surfaces.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟新藝術公寓立面最上兩層的刮畫灰泥近景,工匠在兩層不同顏色的灰泥上刮出圖案:淡赭色底上露出乳白色的罌粟花與流動的莖,線條細緻而平面,像一幅刻在牆上的版畫;圖案沿著窗戶之間的牆面垂直延伸,與下方的石材浮雕形成平面與立體的對比。避免:使用油漆直接彩繪的壁畫、圖案是立體的浮雕、顏色對比過強而刺眼、灰泥表面龜裂剝落。