While I knew next to nothing about fraktur art, I knew it seemed familiar.
Between the extraordinary calligraphy and the eye-catching images, the artwork scattered around Lancaster County just has something about it that makes it memorable.
As a summer intern from out of town, I didnât know much about fraktur â I didnât even know its name â so when I got the chance to take a Fraktur Imagery class at the PA Guild of Craftsmen, I couldnât pass it up.
Not knowing anything about fraktur made the course that much more enticing. If I was going to be in Lancaster County, I figured I better learn some of the things that make it special, including the diverse, colorful and whimsical folk art of the Pennsylvania Dutch.