Sculptor's Knives and Instruments

A complete range of 14 models in forged, hardened carbon steel. Ergonomic grip for prolonged, professional use.
Available in a number of finishes, from unfinished to polished. Flexibility and consistent quality are assured by the manual grinding procedure that is performed on each and every piece.

The best companies for fine art's instruments: Pebeo, Talens, Colart, Lefranc & Bourgeois, Apa Ferrario, Tara, Richerson, Maimeri, Daler Rowney, Winsor & Newton, Lukas, H.Schmincke.

A palette knife or fur pad to spread the paint for polychromatic shade effects. It was the Paleolithic man who first guessed the value of painting with a palette knife, imparting harmony and depth to rock paintings. However great was the change in the method of use, the materials, the painting surfaces and the spirit that led to its use, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Romans down to our days, different artists have confronted this technique, exploiting it for its expressive quality.
Tiziano used it in one of his famous self portraits and then advocates of Romanticism, such as William Turner and Théodore Géricault and then again the founder of the realist school of the nineteenth century Gustave Courbet, but it was with Impressionism and Expressionism that the palette knife technique came into its own. Francisco Goya and James Ensor both appreciated the quickness in applying it as it allowed them to layer the colour (without waiting for the oil paint to dry) and outline the brilliant appearance and glossiness of the canvas. The painted subject appeared more animated and alive.

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