Working Up My Grief: What Does “Arts & Crafts” Do For Us In Times of Loss?
by Kate Nixon
"Work Your Grief Up Into Art and It Is Gone."
The very first page of Arts & Crafts Ideals: Wisdom from the Arts & Crafts Movement in America - one of my first Arts and Crafts books - is a reminder from The…
A Shopmark for the Holidays
By Bruce Johnson
Editorial note: This article has been re-published. Original date of publication: December 24, 2019.
When I was a high school English teacher back in Illinois, I spent more of my free periods in the…
Found In Translation: An American Arts and Crafts Auction Overseas
by Kate Nixon
Once in a while, I get a tip about an Arts and Crafts auction or event that comes out of left field. While I am certainly enthusiastic about the idea of the American handcrafted being studied overseas, I was pleasantly…
Head, Heart and Hand
Editor's note: this article has been republished. Original date of publication: October 22nd, 2019.
The first business I started after serving for five years in a high school classroom was an antique restoration shop in Iowa City.…
A Devious Start To a Life of Collecting
by Bruce Johnson
Editor's note: this article has been republished. Original date of publication: September 12th, 2011.
When I lived in Iowa City and was first introduced to the Arts & Crafts movement, I discovered that the…
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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.