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"All artists love and honor William Morris" --- Frank Lloyd Wright
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"All artists love and honor William Morris" --- Frank Lloyd Wright
About William Morris
William Morris (1834-1896) was an English writer, artist, poet, socialist, craftsman, and designer who is probably best known for his influence on the Arts and Crafts Movement and wallpaper design in particular. He founded the British socialist party as well as the first society dedicated to the preservation of historical buildings. Morris's work blurred the line between art and craft. To live in a "Morris" house would be to be surrounded by hand-made items of beauty and functionality. Morris rejected the common, the mass-produced, the tacky (he would have called it the shoddy). He revived old crafts and traditions, often immersing himself in historical texts or seeking out craftsmen from whom he could learn dying arts, be they weaving, stained glass, dyeing, embroidery, metalwork, or printing. Long considered the father of the Arts and Crafts Movement, his philosophical approach to design, and life, still finds vital expression in the 21st century community of crafters and do-it-yourselfers.
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- Some magic carpets
- You gotta know your Greek myths.....
- My Makita
- Get organized beautifully....
- Two (R)Evolutionary Giants of the 19th Century
- Morris chairs, a nice place to sit after a long hike
- Gesamtkunstwerk.....a word to live by
- In praise of dimmers -- electrical, part 2
- "The Earthly Paradise", A Really Long Poem by Wm M...
- "Pigmenti per Artisti", a shopwindow in Venice
- Fortuny Museum, Venice in November
- Albert, Righter, and Tittmann -- Modern Traditiona...
- America Recycles Day - Nov. 15th
- In praise of push buttons -- electrical, part 1
- The Houses of McKim, Mead & White
- Birds of a feather....
- A New and Native Beauty, Gamble House
- Morris the Preservationist & South Beach
- A Morris and Co. cushion design
- My circular saw needs a new blade...
- more stained glass.....
- Life imitates Art, or Art imitates Life?
- Sex and drugs and paints and easels....
- Third big weekend with deck
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