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Joan, my mentor painter at Vaillancourt Folk Art, has put the finishing touches on the chalkware Santa that I created at Collector’s Weekend earlier this month. And, it’s on its way to my door. I can’t wait to see the finished figure.
I’ll be featuring the Vaillancourt Studio in the Christmas issue. They are one of the few artisan workshops still making things the “old-fashioned” way in the USA!
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Celebrate365’s Connie Porcher kicked off the Saturday lecture series … Decorating the Tree … An Evolution April 30, 2011 Vaillancourt Collector’s Weekend |
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Sunday – Painting a chalkware Santa Joan assists us with colors and plenty of instructions. She has been a Vaillancourt painter for 27 years! |
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Each novice painter received a fully-painted sample as a guide. Our Santa’s coat was pre-painted to insure we could work with a dry form. |
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My Santa version is on the left, the artist’s model is on the right. You will see that I took some "liberties" in order to finish within the required time. Yes, I would have loved holly on Santa’s hood … but I think that I would still be painting! |
Exclusive Design from Artistry of Poland
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The ornament pays homage to a rare antique ceramic design — spatterware Christmas tree festoon pattern.
Spatterware is a brightly colored tableware made in England for export to the United States and other countries between 1810-1850. It reached its peak between 1830-1840.
Manufactured in England’s fames Stafordshire district, the table ware was considered too gaudy for refined British tastes. It made its way to the Pennsylvania Dutch are where housewives purchased it as every day tableware.
Spattware has a finely sponged or dotted look. The spattering itself was applied in black, blue, brown, green, red, purple and yellow paint. There are over 60 known patterns of decoration, along with many variations, including birds, flowers, buildings, fruits and rainbow colors.
Patterns such as the Christmas Tree are rare. Can’t you almost picture a German-speaking farm family enjoying a wee bit of whimsy with this Christmas china?
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