Collecting Mania
I have been a collector all of my life, starting back in the era of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris baseball cards, worn Lincoln pennies and Jefferson nickels gathered on my paper route, and, for a brief while, matchbook covers from roadside…
Just How Many Biltmore’s Are There?
My column last week prompted a reader who is coming to the Grove Park Inn Arts and Crafts Conference next month to ask, "Just how many Biltmore's are there in Asheville?"
Provided you don’t count the Biltmore Barber Shop, the Biltmore Baptist…
A French Chateau in Asheville
I received a phone call last week from one of the growing number of first-year attendees coming to next month's National Arts and Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn. She and her husband recently purchased a bungalow and are jumping head-first…
Two Rules to Collect By
I don't take many little journeys during the month of January, as next month's Arts and Crafts Conference tends to fill all the time I have. This week the 88-page Conference Catalog goes to press, the canvas tote bags have to be ordered, the…
A New Year and New Resolutions
Tradition dictates that the first week of January is a time for both reflections and resolutions. It is a time to take stock of where we stand in our professional and personal lives, to assess where we are now in relation to where we want…
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.