Move Over Antiques Roadshow – Pawn Stars Have Arrived
While I’m still waiting for them to pull out a set of Roycroft candlesticks, a Grueby vase or a Stickley rocker, two new shows on the History Channel have got me watching television on Monday nights.
Breaking out of their crusty mold, the…
Bumper Sticker of the Week: “Think Global. Act Local.”
One of the goals of this website is the creation of a national Arts & Crafts network, where collectors, dealers, artisans, architects and anyone with an interest in the Arts & Crafts movement can instantly be in touch with others with…
Where Have You Gone, Emily Vermillion?
It was a mistake any collector could have made.
The year was 1983 and I was living in Iowa City. A few years earlier I had left my career as a high school teacher and opened Knock On Wood, a combination antiques mall, woodworking business and…
It’s over, But the Memories Live On
Well, we just wrapped up another successful Arts &Crafts Conference, and everyone seemed to be heading home loaded with great memories, stories to tell, experiences to relate, brains teeming with new information and, of course, lots and…
A Little Journey to the Roycroft Campus
It is a story myths are made of.
A young corporate executive cashes in his entire stockholdings, leaps off the corporate ladder to pursue his dream of becoming a writer and starts his own publishing company in a drafty horse barn. He develops…
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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.