Another Reason Why….
What a study in contrasts.
In my workshop right now I have two projects, each needing repaired.
On the left side I have a four-year-old Troy-Bilt pressure washer with fewer than 40 hours of use on it. When I started the gasoline motor last…
When The Simple Life Becomes The Obsessive Life
There's nothing like an unmarked piece of Arts and Crafts furniture to send me on a little journey.
Once again.
This time I was going to inspect what appeared to possibly be either a Gustav Stickley or an L. & J.G. Stickley flat arm…
Making an Arts and Crafts Difference
June 12, 1935.
On this date F. Scott Fitzgerald had lunch with friends in Tryon, North Carolina, as he celebrated the completion of a short story he had been writing in room 441 at the Grove Park Inn. Fearing tuberculosis and desperate to…
Walking Toward the Simple Life
I have often written about the many aspects of being an Arts and Crafts collector, but more recently I have been thinking about one of the often overlooked tenets of the Arts and Crafts philosophy: the quest for The Simple Life.
Our homes…
Following Fitzgerald’s Footsteps
The best part of writing is not the publication, it's the research.
And the best part of research is the occasional day trip in search of nuggets of information.
My next historical novel revolves around F. Scott Fitzgerald's two years in…
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.