Pennsylvania Dutch Halloween Scherenschnitte

Pennsylvania Dutch Halloween Scherenschnitte

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Publication Date: 7th July 2011

A fun display of Halloween folk art. Combining intricate artwork with short poems, this collection captures Halloween themes with poems of spiders, bats, and pumpkins. Each original entry is displayed in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect with an English translation. The artwork, a traditional style of scissor cutting, is cut from black paper, overlaying an orange background. A brief introduction reveals how this group came to celebrate October 31, and an instructional page includes a pattern for readers to make their own Halloween paper cutting.

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A fun display of Halloween folk art. Combining intricate artwork with short poems, this collection captures Halloween themes with poems of spiders, bats, and pumpkins. Each original entry is displayed in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect with an English translation. The artwork, a traditional style of scissor cutting, is cut from black paper, overlaying an orange background. A brief introduction reveals how this group came to celebrate October 31, and an instructional page includes a pattern for readers to make their own Halloween paper cutting.

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A fun display of Halloween folk art. Combining intricate artwork with short poems, this collection captures Halloween themes with poems of spiders, bats, and pumpkins. Each original entry is displayed in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect with an English translation. The artwork, a traditional style of scissor cutting, is cut from black paper, overlaying an orange background. A brief introduction reveals how this group came to celebrate October 31, and an instructional page includes a pattern for readers to make their own Halloween paper cutting.

Details
  • Pages: 80
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Pelican Publishing
  • Publication Date: 7th July 2011
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781589809567
  • Format: Hardcover
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / General
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Author Bio
PETER V. FRITSCH has practiced the art of scherenschnitte (scissor's cutting) and fractur (calligraphic drawing and lettering) for more than 40 years. A seventh generation Pennsylvania Dutchman living on his ancestral far, Fritsch fluently speaks and writes in the dialect. He retired after having taught art in the public school system and Pennsylvania-German history and culture at the college level.

A fun display of Halloween folk art. Combining intricate artwork with short poems, this collection captures Halloween themes with poems of spiders, bats, and pumpkins. Each original entry is displayed in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect with an English translation. The artwork, a traditional style of scissor cutting, is cut from black paper, overlaying an orange background. A brief introduction reveals how this group came to celebrate October 31, and an instructional page includes a pattern for readers to make their own Halloween paper cutting.

  • Pages: 80
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Pelican Publishing
  • Publication Date: 7th July 2011
  • State: Pennsylvania
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781589809567
  • Format: Hardcover
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / General
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
PETER V. FRITSCH has practiced the art of scherenschnitte (scissor's cutting) and fractur (calligraphic drawing and lettering) for more than 40 years. A seventh generation Pennsylvania Dutchman living on his ancestral far, Fritsch fluently speaks and writes in the dialect. He retired after having taught art in the public school system and Pennsylvania-German history and culture at the college level.