Expecting the Unexpected – Wherever You Are
While I was in Peoria last week I had the opportunity to take some long, afternoon walks, one of which took me to the Illinois Antiques Center, an old brick warehouse on the Illinois River that has been converted into offices, an art gallery…
“But what will the neighbors think?”
My latest little journey has brought me to Peoria, Illinois, where my mother's unexpected triple by-pass surgery prompted an unplanned family reunion.
Yesterday I went walking in search of the day's final burst of sunshine that would take the…
Letting Your Curiosity Lead You Astray
Curiosity is a wonderful thing.
And wonderful things happen when people get curious.
Take Laura Hope-Gill, for instance.
A poet and writer, she has been researching material for her latest book, Look Up Asheville, a guide to Asheville's…
You Don’t Have To Be There To Make a Difference….
My first journey to Craftsman Farms, Gustav Stickley's sprawling log cabin built across the Hudson River from Manhattan on 650 acres of rolling farmland and woods, took place in 1989.
Threatened with either demolition or conversion into a…
Digging For Gems in Your Own Backyard
Much of the time, it seems, we find ourselves focused on the most well-known of the Arts & Crafts icons: Gustav Stickley, Rookwood, the Roycrofters, Grueby, Kalo Silver, Dirk van Erp, Van Briggle and the rest of the usual suspects.
And,…
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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.