You’ve seen these before: meticulously decorated coffeepots, tin trays, trinket boxes and candlesticks. Today, these charming knickknacks are coveted as collectibles. At one point in history, your ...

Tole painters from all over Michigan will converge on the Valley Plaza Resort in Midland this weekend for a three-day retreat. It s the 21st annual mini-retreat of the Valley Tole and Decorative ...

Now is the time to learn how to create your own home decor. The Southern Indiana Center for the Arts, 2001 N Ewing St. Seymour, Ind., is offering a class in “tole” painting. Tole painting is the folk ...

A Douglassville resident who concentrates on tole painting is not afraid to share her talent with others.Pat Oxenford released her first book, “Tole Painting: Tips, Tools and Techniques for Learning ...

You've seen these before: meticulously decorated coffeepots, tin trays, trinket boxes and candlesticks. Today, these charming knickknacks are coveted as collectibles. At one point in history, your ...

After taking a break for the winter, Jean Benson plans to resume teaching classes in tole painting. In the meantime, John Del Monte probably isn’t planning to take much of a break from sketching. At ...

The word "tole" comes from the French, meaning lacquered or enameled metalware, often gilded. It also means table or board. Tole painting is the folk art of decorative painting, usually with oil ...