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!
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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
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ELIZABETHTOWN, PA