Green Pots and Familiar Friends
No one who has followed by column here for very long has any doubt that I am first and foremost an Arts & Crafts furniture collector. I love wood. I love working with it, I love sitting in it, I love looking at it. And sometimes I even…
A Sticky Situation
When I lived in Iowa City and was first introduced to the Arts & Crafts movement, I discovered that the University of Iowa Art Museum had a massive Frank Lloyd Wright oak library table in their ground floor foyer. One day when I was just…
Mrs. Zamansky’s Bookcase
You know you've been collecting Arts & Crafts for a long time when you can no longer pick out any piece in your home and remember precisely when, where and how you bought it.
Did that tabouret come from Crazy Eddie's barn, or was it from…
Expecting the Unexpected – Wherever You Are
While I was in Peoria last summer I had the opportunity to take some long, afternoon walks, one of which took me to the Illinois Antiques Center, an old brick warehouse on the Illinois River that has been converted into offices, an art gallery…
Redux: Behind the Scenes
Redux: The Arts & Crafts Revival, 1972-2012
Would I have written it?
Writing a book about people who are deceased is one thing. All you have to worry about is getting the facts straight and possibly offending a few of the subject's descendants.
I've…
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.