Coming To Your Computer: “Stump the Chump”
As you may know, when I'm not doing something Arts & Crafts, I'm often in my workshop, which began as a two-car garage, but only has to serve that purpose when the weather threatens my wife's car. My pickup truck sits outside.
My dual…
How Many Arts & Crafts Shopmarks Are There?
I am on a Don Quixote Quest.
While not quite tilting with windmills, my quest does chase an Impossible Dream I first had twenty-four years ago.
And windmills do figure into this quest, most notably on the metalware of Dirk Van Erp and that…
Making The Trip To Craftsman Farms
I made two little journeys this past week, one up to Kentucky for an impromptu family gathering in Lexington's famed horse country. My family has an interesting relationship with horses: some of us feed and ride them, my brother trains and…
Another Arts & Crafts Connection
Last week's column on connections turned out to have an even more current application than Grant Wood snagging a couple of first edition Elbert Hubbard books.
On Thursday I was in Asheville at the one-room Biltmore Industries Museum, next…
Connections — And a Few Mysteries
I love making connections, especially historical ones. They serve as a good reminder that the craftsmen, craftswomen, artists, designers and artisans we collect, enjoy and live with did not work in isolated vacuums.
Dick Blacker, a well-known…
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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.