Arts and Crafts Therapy
If you saw my column last week, you know that I spent a good deal of my time in New Jersey and New York, where I encountered the Cadillac ad captioned with an Elbert Hubbard quotation. Naturally, upon returning home I had a couple of days…
Back to the Big Apple
I made my first trip to New York City in 1978, when I was researching an obscure New York politician and defense attorney by the name of Dudley Field Malone (1882-1950) (man on the left). Researching back in 1978, of course, meant spending…
Is it Really “Unsigned”?
A few months ago I was in Salt Lake City on business, but also took the opportunity to spend some time with my oldest son Eric, who is nearing completion of his doctorate in chemistry at the University of Utah. He and I took one of our regular…
A Day to Never Forget
The centennial anniversary slipped by seemingly unnoticed.
May 7, 1915.
On that day, one hundred years ago this month, more than a thousand passengers aboard the Lusitania, their bags packed and ready to soon disembark, watched helplessly…
Collector — or Hoarder?
A few weeks ago my youngest son Blake, who turned 23 on St. Patrick's Day and whose idea of "taking some time off" before going to medical school was to pick up a master's degree from Harvard (trust me, those aren’t my genes), came home…
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.