Take the opportunity to learn some of the Pa German phrases that you’ve heard in a farm market or perhaps from your grandparents. Participate in a Beginner’s Pennsylvania German Course beginning on Saturday, March 25 from 10 am to 12 noon and continues for five more consecutive Saturdays. Learn greetings, holidays, days of the week, numbers, telling time, and more.
Create your own sampler booklet with the designs you are drawn to. Grainpainting techniques will be demonstrated. Fraktur sample lettering and Pennsylvania German folk art designs (angels, tulips, birds) will be available for students to choose from. Go home with a personal sampler booklet (8 1/2 x 4 1/4) for future reference as you continue to create.
This class will be taught by Lynn Sommer and Jim King.
Workshop Fee plus materials: $95.00
Workshop Fee and materials (MHC members): $80.00
Saturday, May 13, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
This workshop will focus on the sgraffito technique used by eighteenth and nineteenth century Pennsylvania German potters to make expressive designs in their folk art pottery. Sgraffito means to “scratch” and workshop participants will draw and scratch a design on a redware plate. Participants can choose a traditional Pennsylvania German design or create their own! No experience required.
The participants have the option to sgraffito 7” or 10″ redware plates coated
Saturday,October 14, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
This workshop will focus on the sgraffito technique used by eighteenth and nineteenth century Pennsylvania German potters to make expressive designs in their folk art pottery. Sgraffito means to “scratch” and workshop participants will draw and scratch a design on a redware plate. Participants can choose a traditional Pennsylvania German design or create their own! No experience required.
The participants have the option to sgraffito 7” or 10″ redware plates coated
Redware Sgraffito Plate Workshop