Tales of the Bizarre – Arts & Crafts Style
One of the benefits of doing research is coming across all sorts of unusual (or is it 'useless' ?) information about the Arts & Crafts pioneers we often place on pedestals. But one of the advantages of having this website is that we can…
Side Trips and Sad Discoveries
A few weeks ago, as I was finishing up a road trip through the South, I took a side trip, the kind my father would suddenly announce when we were growing up, eliciting a series of deep groans from the backseat. But I was traveling alone, so…
A Missing Piece in a Mission Oak Puzzle
The best part of writing isn’t leaning back and hitting Save.
It isn't seeing what you wrote appear in print.
It isn't knowing your work is appreciated.
It's the research.
In 1946 my father came back from his tour of duty aboard the…
A Walk With William Faulkner
Oxford, Mississippi.
I entered the grounds to Rowan Oak just as the sun was setting. The gates were locked, but I had no trouble climbing over the low wooden fence. What could they say to a former English teacher, who, as a seventeen-year-old…
A Little Journey to Little Rock
If you don't look, you won't find it.
Even if you don't know what it is you are looking for.
I woke up in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Wednesday of last week, scheduled to do a live television show at nine o'clock that morning. I did not need…
About Us
ArtsandCraftsCollector.com is a website dedicated to exploring the works, artisans, historical origins and the contemporary revival of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. The historic movement started as a response to the country’s Industrial Revolution and encouraged simple design paying tribute to the natural world over the intricate design of the Victorian era.