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For lo, the winter is gone……the time for the singing of birds has come!

Celebrate spring with a fanciful Fraktur bird drawing.

In this workshop led by Emily Smucker-Beidler, participants will learn what birds were prevalent here in southeastern Pennsylvania in the 1700s and find connections through Fraktur images. Learn where the polka-dot, checkerboard and various striped patterns came from that we now enjoy in Fraktur.

Then, participants will be shown some “tricks” to drawing their own fanciful birds in the Fraktur style,

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