There is a misconception that hex signs derive from Amish culture, but the group did not start the practice. Donmoyer says most Amish consider the idea of painting a colorful barn star a type of ...

A barn star, also commonly referred to as a hex sign, painted by Eric Claypoole. Barn stars are a decorative tradition dating back to the early 1800s among Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. If you’ve ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Dutch influence on the Lehigh Valley shines through in any number of ways: the food, the festivals, the language. And at the culture's very soul are hex signs ...

ESCAPES | A tour of Pennsylvania Dutch country’s “hex barns” shows off the colorful and unusual folk art.

This historic barn including PA Dutch hex signs appears along Crystal Cave Road in Richmond Twp., Berks County on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Hex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art ...

Pennsylvania Dutch barns usually are red, owing to the low price and easy availability of the pigment just after the Civil War, says artist Eric Claypoole, who learned to paint hex signs by ...

Patrick Donmoyer, author of the book "Hex Signs: Myth and Meaning in Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Stars," says the most common reason is for decoration."I've found that many painted the signs 'chust ...