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August The ONLINE STORE carries plates made to order. *** Sgraffito
Class at the Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, PA - October 9th *** |
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September 11 - Colonial Day
- Booth number 303A, West
King Street,
East Berlin, PA 17316 September 19 - Dublin Arts Festival - Located at the TEC Center and Simon's Fine Art, Main Street, Dublin, PA October 1, 2 and 3 - Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibit. Visitors may try their hand at the sgraffito decorating technique during the festival. Waterford, Virginia October 9 - Sgraffito Class - 9
am to 3 pm - In this class you will learn about Pennsylvania German Redware and you
will have the opportunity to sgraffito a 7 or 10 inch plate. Class size is
limited to 12, cost is $50 members/$55 non-members with a materials cost of
$20.00 per 7"plate, $28.00 per 10" plate with a maximum of 3 plates per student, as time permits. Contact the Mennonite Heritage Center
in Harleysville, PA to register at
215-256-3020 or visit their website. Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Rd, Harleysville, PA
19438-1020 |
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New plate made for the Peter Wentz Farmstead Society. Plates may be purchased in the Gift Shop. Shearer Road,
Worcester, PA. 19490 |
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My Youtube
video using tools made by Bambootools.com may be viewed here |
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Pennsylvania
Redware
by Denise Wilz Pennsylvania Redware is one of the oldest pottery techniques in the U.S. Denise shows how you can get the same timeless results by using up-to-date materials and techniques. Pottery Making Illustrated March/April 2008 issue Photos by Lisa Short, a Fraktur artist This article is also included in Electric Firing: Creative Techniques published by the American Ceramic Society. Download article Ceramics
Arts Daily |
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Inspired by Pennsylvania
Dutch Folk Art by
Wendy Komancheck photos by Denise and Aaron Wilz
available in the April 2008 issue of Antiques and Collecting Magazine |
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Personalized with name and address
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My Work |
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I create pieces using the traditions and techniques of the Pennsylvania German potters. The designs and images are inspired by antique pottery, Fraktur and painted furniture, to name a few of the Pennsylvania German folk arts. The collection includes sgraffito and slipware plates, ornaments, cookie jars, pitchers, covered jars, mugs and more. These items are made entirely by hand from red earthenware clay and are decorated one at a time. The plates and ornaments are made from rolled slabs of clay and the cookie jars, pitchers, bowls are turned on a pottery wheel. The whistles and banks are sculpted by hand making each a unique work of art. Juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and the Lehigh Valley Chapter PGC |
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Definitions of Redware decoration techniques |
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Sgraffito ware (also spelled sgrafitto) - Slip (liquid clay) of a different color is applied to the red earthenware clay, then the slip is scratched away to reveal the clay beneath to create the design. Slipware - Slip of a different color is drawn on the red earthenware clay in pleasing designs |
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2008 Goschenhoppen Folk Festival
Redware Pie Plate |
Commemorative sgraffito plate of
Hope Lodge in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania 553 S. Bethlehem Pike, Fort
Washington, PA 19034 |
Commemorative sgraffito plate of the
Farmstead in Worcester, Pennsylvania Shearer Road,
Worcester, PA. 19490 |
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Commemorative sgraffito plate of the
Bucks County Latvian Baptist Church in Applebachsville, PA |
The Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County
Commemorative
sgraffito plates of the properties they maintain. 2004 - Mouns Jones house |
Quakertown, Pennsylvania's Sesquicentennial celebration - 2005 Commemorative replica of a slipware plate found in Quakertown Plates may be
purchased at Lion Around Books |
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Current
accounts - Please
place your Holiday order by August 15th for guaranteed November
delivery.
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