Little Journeys

A Man On a Mission

The woman’s voice caught me off-guard, coming from behind me as I crouched on my hands and knees peering up into the underside of an oak Arts and Crafts rocking chair. “You look like a man on a mission.” At first I thought it was a feeble…

“The more we know, the more we don’t know.”

That statement aptly applies to researching Arts and Crafts firms and individuals whose work we admire and collect. Regardless what we collect, we share a common thread:  we love information as much as we love those items. And what is also…

Make a Difference

Since 2006, when I announced the formation of the non-profit Arts and Crafts Research Fund (ACRF), one of the most popular aspects of the National Arts and Crafts Conference has been the silent auction to benefit the ACRF. Held on Friday and…

Its a Celebration!

With the Arts and Crafts Conference just a matter of weeks away, I don’t make many unnecessary trips away from our office, where we are finishing up the 88-page Conference Catalog. Over at her end of the office, Kate is typing name badges…

A Forgotten Designer

What little-known individual is responsible for introducing tens of thousands of people to the Arts and Crafts style? Henry Haven Windsor. While you may have never heard his name, you probably have heard of one of his publications:  Popular…

Winter Musings

Growing up on the Illinois prairie, we learned at an early age that winter could arrive on Thanksgiving Day and decide not to leave until Easter Sunday. Here in the eastern foothills of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, winter is more…

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