Kemper Tools for Clay & Pottery - Wire Stylus - WS

Nice little tool for sgraffito.

I haven't used it yet, but it was exactly what I was looking for to make tiny lines in my designs in clay.

Excellent tool to write in fresh Clay projects, I love it.

Best little carving tool ever! I use it constantly for carving my pottery pieces

Taking my first wheel throwing pottery course and I’m hooked on it. Tried sgraffito on one little trinket dish that turned out okay but I didn’t have great tools so it made it much harder, more laborious and time consuming. Breezed through 3 larger pieces yesterday with this little tool…sgraffito still takes a good amount of time, depending on the complexity of your design, but this little tool cuts clean ribbons out of clay, even when slightly past the leather hard stage. Perfect little tool!

This tiny loop tool from Kemper is exactly what I needed for carving fine details on pottery. The loop is securely fastened to the smoothly varnished wooden handle in a way that obviously took time and attention. This tool looks to last for years. The tip of the wire is a "v" so carve lines are finer than any "u" loop. I love this tool and recommend it for anyone looking for the tiniest wire to do very fine carving work.

Pros: Probably my favorite, most-used ceramic design tool. If you like sgrafitto and to incise thin-line designs into your clay, this is indispensable-- unlike needles and ball tip tools, it removes the clay from the incisions. Allows very tight turns and easy variation in thickness of incised line. Con: It's a thin wire, so not the most durable tool, expect to replace it every so often, especially if you use it on leather-hard ware. I always have a couple of them on hand for that reason, you can afford to at this list price.

Gives nice, even incised line work when carving. The loop is small and rather delicate so you must be mindful when using and it must be cleared/cleaned often. But the price cannot be beat. Would definitely buy again.