Numerous folklorists have attempted to trace certain Pennsylvania Dutch Folk art dower chest designs to their original folk artists living in southeastern Pennsylvania for a number of years now ...

was inspired by Pennsylvania Dutch and German fraktur art — the highly stylized 18th- and 19th-century illuminated designs that often bordered documents and manuscripts. “I saw the absurdities ...

“It’s folk art, it’s for the folks ... her hex signs are geometrical or nature-based designs, people who don’t have Pennsylvania Dutch heritage should also be able to relate to and ...

geometric designs painted on the sides of Pennsylvania Dutch barns that most people know as “hex signs.” Usually stars, pinwheels or rosettes, the folk-art symbols have decorated Berks County ...

Perhaps nothing symbolizes Pennsylvania Dutch culture more ... they can feature elaborate designs featuring folk art motifs such as hearts, flowers and birds. The tour is self-guided, and the ...

Sarah Edris is 22 years old, but she’s been to every Kutztown Folk ... designs. He said redware, or pottery made with clay rich with red shale, was commonly used by the Pennsylvania Dutch ...

In Anne Buckwalter’s solo show, Reins on a Rocking Horse at Rachel Uffner Gallery, Pennsylvania Dutch folk art covers every ... each painting with elaborate patterns and motifs, but here they ...