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tramp art - a family affair Tramp-art.com
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inscribed on back:
" I first recall tramp art, at a collectors house which my parents frequently visited on their antiquing trips through Berks & Lancaster Co. Pa. I recall being in awe of the "crown of thorns" picture frame which held one of my father’s early Pa. German fracturs. Since my father was a wood carver and my mother a painter I was always drawing, painting, whittling & building as a child. My grandfather who is a self taught carpenter and carver used to give me nails, hammer, & wood scrapes to keep me busy when I spent weekends there. I was taken to many craft & antique shows while I was growing up. As a teen I helped my mother and grandfather at the Kutztown German Festival where my grandfather signed up to demonstrate tramp art. I demonstrated eleven long, hot July days under a tent in front of thousands. I notched & notched & notched! With the help of my grandfather who supplied me with fruit crate slates, a small miter box saw and good conversation I was discovering myself and what I love to do. Daniel Strawser, Jr. |
The Strawser and Gotshall family has a proud history as carvers, painters and folk artists that goes back several generations. The family's shared identity with rural Pennsylvania is a reoccurring theme in their work.
As individuals and as a family the Strawser's and Gotshall's work has been exhibited in several museums. Country Living magazine (November 2000) has profiled the families tramp art and has sponsored a limited-edition tramp art frame and heart box bearing the "Country Living Guild Seal."
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Grandfather & Grandmother |
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Walter& June Gotshall rabbit pocket. Walter does the making and June the painting |
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Father& Son (grandson) |
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Daniel Strawser, Jr. & Sr.'s eagle box. Dad carved the eagle and the son made the box |
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Son (grandson) |
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Timothy Strawser's cross. Timothy, like his brother Daniel Jr., learned tramp art from their grandfather, Walter |
take me to the Strawer & Gotshall web site thanks for visiting Sholl Antiques!
