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PLANTERS SHAPED as replicas of familiar buildings in New Ulm and the area are made by Mrs. F.M. Gislason of Lamberton. The stoneware models of the New Ulm Post Office, the Donnelly-Nelson and Associates building and many well-known local houses have an opening in the back useful as a pot for either live plants,straw flowers or weeds. Mrs. Gislason, who operates her business as Peg's Pottery, hasn't had the time to make one of her own home yet after filling orders for over 100 homes and buildings for others. A former art teacher at Lamberton where her husband is superintendent of schools, Mrs. Gislason started her pottery avocation making pottery items and small animals. Karen Whitman of Uncommon Cargo suggested she try the house planters.
Using a rolling pin to mold the clay into slabs, she makes the various designs of the house with forks, knives and wooden pegs. After the planters are molded they dry for a week before being put in a kiln to bake at 1500 degrees for about 12 hours. After being painted with a glaze they are put back in the kiln to bake again at 2300 degrees.(Color photo by Ron Grieser)
The New Ulm Daily Journal, Jan. 13, 1974