SS lanca*tcr Farming Saturday Oct 7 19/6 Do traditional glazing technique on greenware Some of Barbara's other sgraffito Visitors are welcome to see her crafts ware which is on display in Taylor -by chance or by appointment." Mansion Pottery is shown here. Barbara illustrates the proper way to hold a plate while applying a sgraffito design. Farm er s I supply 215 EAST FULTON ST. Turn East Off N Lime St between Chestnut & Walnut MON. thru FRI. 7:30 to 5:00 SAT. STORE HOURS 7:30 to 12:30 FALL SEEDS WHEAT . Certified Redcoat Certified Arthur 71 Certified Abe BARLEY - Certified Pennard Speltz - Winter Rye - Timothy BLACK TRENCH SILOS 16’-20'-24’-28'-32’-40’ Widths x 100 ft 12 ft-14 ft.-16 ft-20 ft. Silo Covers Tomato Baskets 5/8 bu. ANIMAL TRAPS CATCM SQUIRRELS RABBITS GROUND HOGS !S—CHIPMUNKS ats-pigeons Crafts By JUDY MITCHELL Berks Co. Reporter ROBESONIA - Barbara Breminger lives in a magnificent Victorian house on the outskirts of Robesoma, and her craft is as traditional as her home. Built in 1882 to house the superintendent of an iron ore furnace around which the settlement grew, Taylor Mansion provides a fitting display place for Barbara’s Sgraffito ware, a revival folk pottery which reflects the traditional forms and A NEW TWIST TO TILLAGE! A totally new and different approach to soil management! The Glencoe “SOIL .SAVER" creates a non-compacted, “ridged" field that just naturally protects against erosion by wind and water! Instead of simply turning over the soil and leaving it bared to the elements,the “SOIL SAVER” opens up the land down deep to catch and hold available moisture. Controls runoff, holds and stores rainwater for thirsty crops soil surface is left open and blended with crop residues that protect precious topsoil! Cutting “sheers" cut up heavy stalks, leaves and root crowns and leave the soil ready to be turned under by the helical blades following. Designed so you can work your stubble immediately after harvest, generally without chopping or shredding. FARM EQUIPMENT 2750 N. MARKET STREET PHONE 367-1319; 10HN KREIDER HOME 367-6039 WARREN STICKLER HOME 653-4560 designs familiar tp (hr Pennsylvania (•rrmarvn Barbara and hrr husband letter who produces the ilip ware duplaved in a small gift shop In Uir Hremingcr home. work on their crafts in a separate building which originally served as (hr creamer. where the fumare worker's rame daily forlheir milk There, after gathering raw rla> from meadows and slrcnmbcds the way the old Pennsylvania pottery makers did. the Brcinmgcrs fashion the pottery items the) then design Sgraffito," Barbara points out. is an Italian word which docs not actually name a "craft" but rather a “technique" of decorating which is produced b> scratching through a surface layer of glazing to reveal a different colored ground The effect is a recessed design as opposed to the flat or raised, painted-on design commonly seen on ceramic items. Although she concentrates on Pennsylvania tradition in practicing her art, Barbara emphasizes that “sgraffito is as versatile as you are ” The redware she works on and the designs she creates are essential to the reproduction of the traditional red and yellow Pennsylvania folk pottery, but greenware (unfired pottery) purchased from any ceramic shop may be substituted for the hand made pottery she uses, and her decorating technique can be adapted to any con temporary design. The new twist to tillage. MESSICK Having selected a suitable redware or greenware container (she recommends a plate for beginners fun ause of ease in handling I. %ou will need a tool for scratching your design Sgraffito tools may be purchased in most eraft shops, but if you do ceramic work, your cleaning tool will do the Job The engobe (also called undeiglare) needed is also available in craft or ceramic shops, and the colors selected will depend on personal preference and on the type of material you choose to work with Bar It contains more Vitamins and minerals and costs less than 14 cents per day. McNESS THE NUTRITION PEOPLE CALL COLLECT 215*445-6983 MODEL SS "SOIL SAVER" See our display today! •V k^julpmrnt More & More Farmers are changing to McNess. BEEFSTARTER AS 700 WHY? bara uses a ydlow mgobe as her primary hair with small amounts of green for addl'd highlight when designing her red day Hems in the I’mn sylvanla German tradition If >ou nrr working on greenware from a eernmtr shop >ou ran select any two colon you like, or even two shades of one color, but Barbara does recommend that medium to dark colors be used on greenware, which will turn white after firing <A note for anyone not familiar with working with ceramics, the color of the raw greenware you buy and the glaze as it appears when (Continued on Pjfe 591 INC. ELIZABETHTOWN, PA
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