Public (free) series post for December 1, 2019 and continuing with our series theme. Arts and Crafts, a movement with designs so beautiful they are still used today. Link below.

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Public (free) patreon series post just made live. Multiple images, not just this one. Enjoy! Arts and Crafts movement today. Hard to pick and choose but I’m thinking on getting the keychain.

Should you be interested in supporting my work and can, please check what is available at the various levels and all that. Thanks! Sarah.

71oRWDIFeQL._SX466_ — Keychain in the William Morris “Strawberry Thief” pattern. 2019. Image © 1996-2019, Amazon.com, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.amazon.com/stap-William-Morris-Keychain-Strawberry/dp/B07G226Y28

Floor tile right out of the Arts and Crafts movement to make anything in Home Depot have that dreary look. William De Morgan (1839-1917). Friend of William Morris.

"Persian flowering foliage." 1872-1881. — “Persian flowering foliage.” 1872-1881. Earthenware. Image © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Fair use license. via https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/16766/

"Aster." 1872-1881. — “Aster.” 1872-1881. Earthenware. Image © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Fair use license. via https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/16770/

"BBB." 1882-1885. — “BBB.” 1882-1885. Earthenware. Image © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Fair use license. via https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/16773/

Arts and Crafts animals with a bit of a twist. British. Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, designer. All of these being textiles. Designing other things too but with nothing I can find that swims or chirps.

"Cromer Bird." ca. 1884. — “Cromer Bird.” ca. 1884. Hand block printed cretonne. Image © The William Morris Gallery, London. Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/search-the-collection-65/cromer-bird-cretonne-f84-c-1884/search/mackmurdo/page/1

"Shell, dolphin and seaweed" design. Undated. — “Shell, dolphin and seaweed” design. Undated. Bodycolour on paper. Image © The William Morris Gallery, London. Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/artists-64/mackmurdo-arthur-heygate-1851-1942/initial/m/object/shell-dolphin-and-seaweed-design-a106/page/2

"Thorns and Butterflies." ca. 1884. — “Thorns and Butterflies.” ca. 1884. Block printed cretonne. Image © The William Morris Gallery, London. Fair use license. via https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/artists-64/century-guild/initial/c/page/1/object/thorns-and-butterflies-cretonne-f99-c-1884

Model interiors devised for Gustav Stickley’s furniture company. Launcher of the Arts and Crafts Style and its Mission Style offshoot in America. And a company that’s still around too.

Dining room in a Quaint Arts and Crafts style. 1908. Arthur E. Teal, designer for Stickley Brothers. In the public domain. via http://halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com/2016/12/john-wood-blodgett-and-wizard-of-oz.html

Interior of a Craftsman House. Undated. Image © The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Fair use license. via http://www.memoryprints.com/image/13168/interior-of-a-craftsman-house-by-gustav-stickley

Dining room. 1905. Davis Robinson Smith, designer for Stickley Brothers. In the public domain. via http://halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com/2016/12/john-wood-blodgett-and-wizard-of-oz.html