Tiny bricks have been meticulously painted on the chimney of a small wooden house. Shingles have been roughly cut and individually placed on the roof with a delicate hand.

Ed Guion's wee houses, perfect for a traditional rustic display beneath a Pennsylvania German Christmas tree, are just one of the many folk arts on display and up for sale this Saturday at the Weathervane, the gift shop at the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum.

The annual Weathervane art show is changing its format this year, shop manager Mary Parelli says.

"In the past, we would focus on a single artist," she says. "But we didn't think it was fair to concentrate on just one artist when there are so many who are talented. Now it's more like a juried craft show."

Although the works of these and other craftspeople are available in the store year-round, Parelli says the nine featured artists will be setting up tents around the Weathervane on Saturday to show off more work, discuss their craft and, in many cases, demonstrate their art in progress.

Guion, whose work also includes a variety of plain and fancy birdhouses fashioned from barn wood, will be joined by Bob Broome, whose hand-woven baskets are as aesthetically pleasing as they are utilitarian and Terry Kauffman, a scherenschnitte (scissors cutting) artist whose paper creations are detailed down to the delicate veins in leaves and the feathers in a peacock's tail.

Bob Marquardt's Shaker boxes and trays are functionally artistic, with smooth wooden surfaces and graceful curves, while Mike Keller's redware pottery pieces are colorfully painted and glazed. Textile worker Marie Sugar has a selection of hooked rugs on display that belong on a wall, not a floor.

While most of the artists produce "colonial crafts" typical of early Pennsylvania-German society, Parelli says, some offer a modern twist on Landis Valley itself, such as Jen Cavalcante's photography, David Haneman's pen-and-ink drawings and Margie Maninger's watercolors.

"We're trying to change the format to attract more people -- people with different interests," Parelli says. "We would like to attract a broader spectrum of people."

Proceeds from the sale support Landis Valley, a living history village and farm that interprets the history and culture of the Pennsylvania German community from 1740 to 1940.

Weathervane Annual Art Show

Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free

Weathervane Museum Store

Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum

2451 Kissel Hill Road, 569-9312
www.landisvalleymuseum.org