Wednesday Morning: Arts and Crafts Week
The two women in my life - my wife Leigh Ann and my office assistant and website manager Alex - know that often the first words they hear from me each morning are, "I have an idea."
Most of my ideas occur to me in the early morning hours,…
Tuesday Morning: Arts and Crafts Week
It's a bit eerie sitting here in my office at five in the morning, as half of my Arts & Crafts furniture is gone to an exhibit at the Preservation Society's 1909 office as part of their house tour this weekend, many of my small North Carolina…
Monday Morning: Arts and Crafts Week
If you saw last week's column, you know that Asheville, like much of the country, has been blessed with spring-like weather the past few weeks.
Well, thank goodness, that changed.
This past weekend we were peppered with snow crystals, a…
If Spring Comes, Can Winter Be Far Behind?
I awoke this morning to the sounds of frogs croaking, robins singing and daffodils pushing their way through crusty flowerbeds.
And, no, I did not take an early vacation in Florida.
This is still North Carolina and even in North Carolina…
An Arts and Crafts Dinosaur?
Remember the movie "You've Got Mail" with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks?
It was playing this past weekend on the small, dusty television set I have hanging on the wall of my workshop, as I was making the quartersawn oak frames some of you will be…
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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.