A Long Story and a Hard Lesson
During a conversation I was having with a reporter last week, I was asked how I got started as a woodworker and antiques restorer, two of my former careers and still my favorite hobbies. After five years as a high school English teacher (yet…
Three Bookcases, Three Stories
What happens when a former literature teacher turns Arts and Crafts furniture collector?
Stickley bookcases become very desirable.
Nearly four decades ago, Mrs. Zamansky provided me with my first, a sixty-inch wide, two-door model that she…
“Even numbers on the right…”
It's funny what can trigger a memory: a song, a photograph, perhaps the face of a stranger who reminds you of someone you knew in your childhood. I’ve read that, provided you are of a mature age, if you pick up an over-sized #2 pencil and…
My Father’s Day Tribute
Everything I needed to know in life I learned from my father -- at the dinner table.
My father kept order in our household with a few simple, but unbreakable rules, most of which were learned -- and enforced -- at our nightly dinners together.
Thoreau…
Speaking of airplanes….
If you are ever in one of those dreaded social situations where you need a conversation starter, just bring up flying, for everyone has a story to tell.
I added a couple to my list this past week that I could have done without, all of which…
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.