Mr.Checkers, Holl, Velvet

Newt, Pud, Treat

Yukon, Rupert, Pillar

Timber and Clover

18 Buttons, Stars, Tear Drop

Dots, Staff, Canes

Collect all of Teddi Knapp's Chalkware
Not all items below are currently available at Accents as some items are out of production or not available in the store this season.
 

From the Artist...
Chalkware by Teddi Knapp,
New York State Documented 20th Century American Folk Artist

Chalkware starts as an original molded or carved figure.  They are then reproduced via a molding process. An unpainted snowman or Santa, right out of the mold, can be used to mark on a blackboard, hence the name "Chalkware."  The snowmen, Santa's, and others are created, produced, and finished completely by my hands.  I enjoy my work, and I love sharing them with others who appreciate folk art.  

In a little cabin is where I make my Chalkware and live primitively in the mountains in the state of New York.  This is where I am inspired to work on new designs and other hobbies.  Live primitively in these days of high-tech?  Well, I really enjoy it.  Cooking and heating with a wood stove, candles and oil lamps for light, ice box instead of a refrigerator, no indoor plumbing...these things are just the tip of the iceberg.  To go to town, I saddle up the horse or hitch up the buggy.  A sleigh in the right weather gets us over the river and through the woods.  My horse named Star is one of my top ten best friends.  Hobbies, too!  I collect very old things, which are probably not fancy adequate to be called antiques.  And there is art.  I've been a painter and sculptor for 42  years.  About 12 years ago, I started the collection of snowmen and Santa's.  A dear friend, Laurie, put some of my Santa figures in her shop; they were soon sold and it's never stopped since.  

In the future I plan to offer other forms of my work.  By choice I live in a slow and calm environment.  Clocks, calendars, TV, newspapers, and radio don't interest me.  Each piece of my work takes a certain amount of time and I will not take short cuts to produce my snowmen and Santa's.