Amish craftsman have been crafting tin barn stars constructed from the tin and steel roofs from reclaimed barns for nearly three decades. Tin barn stars are well known as a sign of good luck and great fortune. We feel that metal barn stars are also so popular because they are a decorative way of expressing pride and support of America.
Black - Protection, also used to blend or bind elements together; Blue - Protection, peace, calmness and spirituality; Brown - Mother earth, also can mean friednship and strength. Green - Growth, fertility, success in things and ideas that grow. Orange - Abundance in carrer,projects and matters needing as added push. Red - Emotions, passion, charisma, lust and also creativity. Violet - Things that are sacred. White - Purity, power of the moon, allows energy to flow freely.
Health in body and mind, love of man and the sun, connection to the God.
The tradition of the tin barn star in America can be traced back to the 1700's, and to at least the 1820's in Pennsylvania. Barn stars were most popular after the Civil War. On many older American barns, patricularly German farms, one could see a large decoration in the shape of a star mounted on the face of the barn. Sometimes they were just aesthetic, but sometimes they represented the trademark of a specific barn builder. It is our understanding the original star shape was a three-pointed star but has changed throughout the years. Colors had signaficance with Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch barn paintings. These folk art designs, many of which were star shaped, were painted directly onto each end of the barn, and date back to the 1850's.
Amish Metal Barn Star Surface Selection: Painted - Rusty - Unfinished
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