ABSTRACT
If the primary carved shape is an obsidian tool or weapon, the primary moulded shape is a clay receptacle. The unglazed bowl is written with the potter's fingertips: thus he expresses the completeness of its manufacture: while enamelled pattern over glaze and slip, or on porcelain, are an elaboration of his touch, are the potter's written characters. As we shall see, the calligraphic and supremely personal element in graphic art is always to be associated with modelling conception (particularly in the case of oil painting), while painting, for instance, that essentially illuminates a certain space, the use of pigment that is more directed by some architectural conception of planes, is preferably to be classed with carving.
