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Conference Events Pass Giveaway For Students Announced
by Kate Nixon Collectors and enthusiasts of all ages check out American art pottery, lighting, metalwork and more during the 2022 National Arts and Crafts Antique Shows at the historic Grove Park Inn. Photo by Kate Nixon. As Decorative Arts college programs around the country attract a new generation of students, the history of the early 20th Century artisans who began the Arts & Crafts movement continues to be taught through individual courses, online courses, and by non profit organizations and historic sites. The aesthetic associated with the movement is annually celebrated at The National Arts and Crafts Conference …
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By Bruce Johnson
The Forgotten Brother
Editor’s note: the following article has been re-published. Original date of publication: May 12th, 2020. Publisher Peter Copeland of the Parchment Press was correct when he wrote, “If Gustav Stickley was considered ‘the forgotten rebel,’ surely Charles Stickley is ‘the forgotten brother.’” Born in 1860, four years after Gustav, Charles Stickley also trained in their uncle’s chair factory as a teenager, helping to support their mother, two sisters, and three younger brothers – Albert, Leopold, and John. By 1883 all five Stickley brothers were well on their way to careers in the furniture industry. Their first venture, aptly named …
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Learn About Cuerda Seca Ceramic Technique and The Lamps of Limbert in February!
by Kate Nixon Arts and Crafts Show Demonstrations – included in Show admission! Cuerda-Seca: Linear Arts and Crafts Ceramic Techniques with John Post of Hog Hill Pottery Linear designs have defined the patterns in Crafts for thousands of years, in Ceramics, Stained Glass, and Enameling. The Cuerda-Seca technique (Cuerda-Seca meaning “dry cord”) was used in Persian, and later, Spanish Ceramics, when cords or strings were immersed in metallic oxides, dipped in hot wax, and applied to pottery. When the cord was burned away, it left a black dry line which would resist the application of the glaze. Innovations in …
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Whether it be a museum with an Arts & Crafts collection, a nearby Prairie School home, a bungalow neighborhood, an Arts & Crafts gallery or a Frederick Law Olmstead park, just being able to add an Arts & Crafts side trip to our journey would add to our enjoyment and our education.
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Here at ArtsandCraftsCollector.com we have been busy making brief, informative videos to educate and instruct viewers in a variety of aspects of Arts & Crafts collecting.
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We are currently in the process of collecting, organizing, identifying and displaying on this website as many Arts & Crafts shopmarks as possible. And like our Reference Library, we need your help. While we have documented the shopmarks of the major Arts & Crafts firms, we need for you to email us a photograph of any shopmarks you have from lesser known firms, along with a brief description of the piece.
Books Worth Reading
As both a collector and a researcher, I have often wished there was one site where every book ever written on the Arts & Crafts movement was listed. Now that place exists. Together we can compile on this website a list of every book of interest to Arts & Crafts collectors. All you have to do is pull some of the books off your bookshelf (go for the less obvious ones – and check below for duplicate entries) and email me the title, author, publisher and most recent copyright date. I will sort them by category and list them here so that anytime you or anyone else wants to research anything relating to the Arts & Crafts movement, you will start your search here.
