• Venue: Mennonite Heritage Center
• Categories: Workshop

Redware Sgraffito Plate Workshop

Saturday, March 25, 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

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• Venue: Mennonite Heritage Center
• Categories: Workshop

Redware Sgraffito Plate Workshop

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

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