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…
A Missed Opportunity At The Met
If you're going to get lost in New York City, I picked the right place.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A few weeks ago I had a couple of free hours on a hot, sticky Friday afternoon, so I did what many New Yorkers do under the same circumstances:…
Good Friends and Green Pots
No one who has followed by column here for very long has any doubt that I am first and foremost an Arts & Crafts furniture collector. I love wood. I love working with it, I love sitting in it, I love looking at it. And sometimes I even…
Time to Start a New Project – Or Two!
Well, despite anything you may have read here last week -- or heard from my wife -- I am ready to start a new project.
And I promise: I am going to finish this one!
Completely!
Really.
I hope….
My Project: I am going to build a 70-foot…
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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.