Golden Gumbo – Digging George Ohr’s Famed Clay
By Bill and Pam Clark, Potters
What an incredible journey to be walking - and rowing - back in history with the descendants of George Ohr.
A few months ago we were honored to be able to dig clay with one of the descendents of George Ohr from…
Is It Biltmore Industries or Biltmore Estate?
"Stickley" isn't the only Arts & Crafts name that can be a bit confusing.
You may have read recently that the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms is hosting a fundraising dinner in Asheville on Thursday evening, February 16th, the night…
Who Made Arts & Crafts Furniture the Longest Time?
If your answer included any of the Stickley brothers, you are incorrect.
While all five started making Arts & Crafts furniture in the early 1900s, one by one they each dropped out, ending with Leopold who in 1922 shut down his Arts &…
Make It An Arts & Crafts Stress-Free Holiday
Don't groan when I mention it, but Christmas is just two months away.
I say this only because I have taken a vow to make this a stress-free gift-shopping holiday and want to share with you six ideas I have come up with to make this an easy…
The Shopmarks of L. & J.G. Stickley
As the youngest of the five famous brothers, Leopold and John George Stickley rotated through the workshops of Gustav, Albert and Charles before deciding by 1902 to open their own small factory in Fayetteville, NY, not far from Syracuse.
Although…
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