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,…
Sometimes I Sits and Thinks, Other Times I Just Sits
I was sitting yesterday, as I often do, and thinking, as I sometimes do, about how we decide what we collect. What draws us, among the tens of thousands of items we might see at an antiques show, a museum or a gallery, to one particular piece?…
“No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.”
Despite the fact that I love using this line, I'm far more inspired by what has become my favorite bumper sticker:
"Practice random acts of kindness."
People have done so much for me over the years, most of whom I never properly thanked, that…
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.