22 days ago by Clio

In his essay, “The Lesser Arts of Life” (available in its full form here), William Morris distinguished between the “Greater Arts” (those that appeal to a person’s spirit and emotion by the direct path of his senses) and the “Lesser Arts” (those that serve physical needs). Articulating a fundamental ...

Matters of Taste - mattersoftaste.wordpress.com · 8 references

26 days ago by Sears Homes

In 2004, Dale Wolicki invited me and Rebecca to visit him in Michigan. One of our stops was Bay City, where we saw all manner of Aladdin kit homes, including “The Oxford.” Our wonderful tour guide (Dale), told us that the photograph of the Oxford model (shown in the 1931 catalog) was the very same O ...

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40 days ago by William Morris Society

"On the Passage of a Few Patterns through a Rather Brief Moment in Time: David Mabb’s Appropriations of William Morris 1999-2011" William Morris thought that interior design had a fundamental role to play in the transformation of everyday life. This essentially political motivation - a commitment to ...

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47 days ago

I still have my turntable set up but hadn't played it in several years until Christmas morning. My goddaughter Dani Siobhan gave me a vinyl record album for Christmas and on Christmas morning I dusted off my turntable and played it. It was from 1975 and featured several bands of the British invasion ...

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57 days ago by gatf

Yesterday we posted some rather lovely lettering from the Coliseum Theatre in London. That lettering was seen at a rather odd angle because of the restrictions of on the spot photography. Here’s a sketch developed in an attempt to show those letters as viewed in the normal ‘straight ahead’ manner. A ...

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82 days ago by Nan Fischer

The Arts and Crafts movement created Mission furniture; lines of furniture that were meant to be durable, simple, elegant, and affordable to a rising middle class. The roots of modern design have been fed by this approach in the 21st century. Today’s popular Mission furniture had its beginnings in t ...

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86 days ago by Groovevolt.com

Yellowcard, Less Than Jake, Chuck Ragan, The Sounds, The Front Bottoms, Meat Beat Manifesto, MC Lars, He Is We, and 33 other bands have contributed songs to Paper + Plastick’s Another Reybee Compilation, a benefit album to support longtime music publicist (and friend of GrooveVolt) Rey Roldan of Ano ...

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94 days ago by Welding Supplies

I have a chance to pick up an old Craftsman welder model number 113202460. input 220 volts. Output 20-185 amps. Was this thing any good new? Is it worth 40.00 now? Read the full story: craftsman 113 202460 Tags: Human Interest, craftsman, input 220 volts, old craftsman welder, Water heating 113-2024 ...

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99 days ago by Mike Schultz Paintings

Ceramic work, fresh from the kiln. Made by hand, here in Mae Sot, Thailand. This selection of tiles is from my ongoing work with the Puzzlebox Art Studio, an NGO that focuses on training Burmese migrant youth to be functional artists. Many of the blue tiles were inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movem ...

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109 days ago by Miss Eagle

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