Motawi Tileworks Announces New Tiffany-Inspired Tiles
Last week Motawi Tileworks announced two new tiles based on the beautiful glass work of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933).
Ava Maxwell of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art has been prodding designer Nawal Motawi for several years…
Ken Forster Identifies “The Other American Art Pottery”
"All 'Arts and Crafts pottery' is 'art pottery,' but not all 'art pottery' is 'Arts and Crafts pottery.' "
Thus begins author Ken Forster in his latest book, "Alternative American Ceramics, 1870-1955: The Other American Art Pottery." As a noted…
Is It Morse Code – Or a Secret Roycroft Code?
Question: When is a dot more than just a dot?
Answer: When it’s a Roycroft dot.
Arts & Crafts furniture designer, craftsman and collector Robert Hause (http://www.artofthecraft.com) sent us photographs of an exquisitely-tooled, hand-hammered…
Workshops & Rooms Filling Quickly At Grove Park Inn
For those of you who will be arriving at the Grove Park Inn the Thursday before the 29th National Arts & Crafts Conference February 19th-21st, you still have the opportunity to practice what we preach: the Arts and Crafts philosophy of Head,…
Dodge Silver Extended the Close of Arts & Crafts Era
One of the unintended consequences of World War I was the training of wounded soldiers in the fields of handicrafts: pottery, weaving, woodworking, woodcarving and metalsmithing. This training took place primarily in Veteran's Hospitals and…
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