Another Video has been loaded to Lehman’s YouTube Channel. This time Melissa from Lehman’s Stove Department talks about what you should know about wood heat stoves.
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Be sure to stop in the Buggy Barn to see the Ohio Arts and Crafts Guild demos taking place this fall and winter. This Saturday Two Sister’s Wool will be on hand to share with you the craft of wool rug hooking. Local crafter Holly Frantz will bring with her rugs, pillows and wall hangings in a lovely primitive style. In making these items strips of wool are looped through a piece of linen which is stretched on a wooden frame. Vistiors will be given a chance to learn the technique and be shown the material and tools needed. Books will be available for purchase giving in depth instruction.
See Lehman’s Events Calendar for upcoming demonstrations! To see more photos and read artists profiles go here.
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We’ve gathered together a group of talented Ohio Arts and Crafts Guild members to do demonstrations in the Buggy Barn for the remainder of the year. This past Saturday Kidron oil painter Dennis Lipp treated folks to some of his beautiful rural landscapes featuring local farm scenes. Dennis has a knack for capturing the scenery in exquisite detail. His next demo will feature fall foliage. A bonus to the trip to Lehman’s are the lovely farms along the way as the leaves begin to turn!
For the next couple Saturdays, back by popular demand, Two Sister’s Wool will demonstrate wool rug hooking. Hooked rugs made in this fashion date back to colonial times. You will get a chance to try your hand at it as well as learn the rich history surrounding this old craft. Two Sister’s Wool will have on display some lovely primitive style rugs and wall hangings. The added attraction to this craft is not just the beauty but the practicality and durability of the finished product. Repurposing and recycling were not buzz words but a necessity for many as they used the wool they had on hand. See how the same techniques can be used today to create something beautiful!
I am back to add to the farm animal murals and am scheduled most Thursdays until the end of the year. My most recent mural is of a young colt. He is there to bring some youth and friskiness to the buggy barn scene which already features a life sized hitching post with stately Amish work horses and a wall of busy body chickens! Stop in for a photograph at the hitching post next time you are out. In addition to the mural painting I will bring with me more equine and farm animal art. Work in progress pics are posted here to see the mural take shape.
You can see what is happening on the Lehman’s Events Calendar . It is possible to subscribe to the calendar so you can be notified of upcoming events to help plan your trip to Amish country.
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Have you ever been curious about how a product that Lehman’s offers works? We’ve put together a couple of great videos from the recent Apple Day at Lehman’s Kidron, Ohio store. These demonstrations will be available in several locations: they are on Lehman’s YouTube channel, they are available here on Lehman’s Country Life, and they will also be placed on Lehman’s.com.
The two videos feature Lehman’s best fruit press with grinder attachment and the Reading 78 Apple Peeler that is made at our store and boasts a design that dates back to 1878.
Lehman’s Best Fruit Press demonstration
In this video the fruit press is being used to make some tasty apple cider right outside our store. (Even our president, Galen Lehman, gets in on the fun.)
Lehman’s Apple Peeler Demonstration
The Reading 78 Apple Peeler is one of our core products at Lehmans and one of our best sellers – you’ll soon see why. The copy on the product page says it all:
It’s almost worth buying one just to watch it work. Peel over 10 apples per minute!
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Lehman’s has posted a new video on our YouTube channel. This video was produced to be distibuted on DVD and has been added for all to see. It features an introduction to Lehman’s and a walk through of the store. You can see more at Lehman’s Come Visit Us Page.
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Lehman’s asked that I might helped round up some artists and crafters to do demonstrations in the Buggy Barn at the Kidron store. I am very happy to say I have a whole group of talented people eager to meet and chat with you as they produce their handicrafts. We will be posting on the ‘Events’ Calendar on the menu at the top of this blog entry what types of demos will be taking place Sept.- Dec. Our goal is to combine education and entertainment for the visitors to the store as well as honor the creativity and inspiration that comes from working with your hands. I have found, even when I am the person doing the demonstration, I am inspired by the people I get to meet and talk to in the Buggy Barn who share with me the things that they make and create! I’d love to hear what you create so feel free to share your ideas on what you’d like to see!
I will be kicking the demonstrations off by bringing in some of my farm animal art. I will also be beginning a new horse mural on Sept. 6th that I will work on thru out the fall/winter season. This coincides nicely with the Wayne County Fair that will begin on the same day! You can read a story about my inspiration for the new mural here:
This month we will also have oil painter and Kidron resident Dennis Lipp painting rural landscapes and Amish farms from the rolling hills of our scenic community! Dennis has some beautiful barn and farm landscapes in exquisite detail that you will not want to miss! Two Sister’s Wool were a great hit at Lehman’s Local Artisan Festival in July and they will be back sharing the history and techniques of wool rug hooking which dates back to colonial days. They will bring with them some samples of lovely primitive style rugs that they have made using recycled wool. These rugs become heirlooms and are as practical and sturdy as they are beautiful! We are pleased and excited to have them share their knowledge and skills with you.
I will be writing regularly on this blog with more details of our full season of demonstrations by local artists and crafters from the Ohio Arts and Crafts Guild. You can look forward to seeing pottery, fiber art, beeswax Christmas ornaments, vintage fabric handicrafts, whimsical folk art, decorative painting, wildlife art, gourd painting, woodcarving to name a few! Subscribe to this blog or the events calendar to be notified of upcoming demonstrations and video clips.
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In response to high gas prices this summer, we’re going local! Lehman’s wants to provide fun,
educational events for families who may be staying closer to home this year and are looking for intriguing road trips and short getaways. So, we’ve got several great (free!) events lined up for Saturdays this summer and even into fall. We hope you’ll join us at our retail store in Kidron for some amazing musical performances and interactive demonstrations that let you take a step back into the past – if only for a day!
NOTE: All events are FREE (with ample free parking available), require NO advance reservations and take place at Lehman’s, on the square in Kidron (get driving directions to Kidron).
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Local artist and friend of Lehman’s – Sue Steiner, was interviewed recently by Amish Country Television for the Lehman’s Local Artisan Festival. Thank you Sue for all your hard work.
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Tim Shue, a resident, artist and musician from the Kidron area, will be at Lehman’s Local Artisan Festival filling two roles. He will be providing musical entertainment and showcasing his unique mosaic garden art. To create the pieces you see above Tim uses carvings as well as pieces of glass or tiles to make this lovely garden art. The mix between the natural materials of the rock and the colors and textures of the glass and tile, along with the nature theme make for an interesting compliment to gardens, patios or walkways. They work beautifully whether in a manicured garden or a naturalized one. Plan on stopping by to see the many creative talents of Tim Shue on July 12th along with a wide variety of other local artist. To read more about the other particpating artists go to www.kidronarts.com
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We are very pleased and excited to have two local potters participating in Lehman’s Local Artisan Festival on July 12th. Nicole Myers, of Flying Pig Clayworks will have some of her beautiful, nature inspired ceramic pitchers, platters and possibly even some animal sculptures to show and to sell! Laura Smith, of Wooster, will set up her potter’s wheel in the Buggy Barn and do pottery demonstrations through out the day.
13 artists in all will be in the store, displaying their art and looking forward to sharing with you the process in which they make their craft. Count on seeing oil painters, watercolorists, animal art and murals, fiber arts, landscape artists, mosaic art, wool rug hooking in lovely primitive styles, woodturners, painted gourds, garden art and food as art!
We have a full day planned of demonstrations by a wide variety of artists, special food, kid’s activities and music so mark your calendars and make a day of it!
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