Carence Crafters & Forest Craft Guild Arts & Crafts Metalwork

This site is dedicated to Artistic Metalwork produced by Craftsmen of the Arts & Crafts Movement around the turn of the 20th century. There is much written & known about the big names in Arts & Crafts Metal; Roycroft, Dirk Van Erp, Stickley, Kalo, Jarvie, Tiffany Studios etc. & my hope here is to bring a little attention & recognition to these wonderful lesser known craftsmen & shops of the period. Enjoy!

If you have Carence Crafters, Forest Craft Guild or other period metal for sale or that you would like to know more about, please feel free to contact me. If you have a collection or historical data, let me know!

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I found this marvelous paragraph in the OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF EXHIBITS / DEPARTMENT OF ART from the ST LOUIS UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION of 1904. This exposition was the turning point in the popularity of Arts & Crafts in America & this quote gives a great overview of the movement & why it was so important:

"The Art Department has here adopted a broader classification than has prevailed at previous expositions. For the first time at an international exposition in the country Applied Art has been placed on a plane with what is known as the "Fine Arts." During the 1890s the Arts and Crafts movement, developing strongly in England, in certain sections of the continent, and in the United States, has made for itself a distinct and permanent place in the world of art. The Arts & Crafts movement is a protest against the monotony of machine-made things, it is a recognition of the dignity of hand work, of the individuality of the worker and of the value of artistic feeling & knowledge, in whatever medium expressed. The art craftsman works in the spirit of the old guild and the master-workman, with the added touch of keen modern thought. Never before in our country have the applied arts, which art closely related to every-day life, made such a showing as is here made. Exhibits in glass, earthenware, metal, leather, wood & textiles as well as examples of artistic bookbinding (are on display). The characteristics of American applied art, as shown here, are originality of design, good workmanship, and a daring use of new materials, as in the use of semi-precious stones in jewelry."

1910 METAL LINKS

The only site dedicated to Roycroft Copper

Roycroft Copper

Another fantastic Arts & Crafts metal & jewelry site, major focus on KALO

Chicago Silver

New site dedicated to Upstate NY metal - Benedict, Stickley & OMS

Benedict Studios

Another nice page filled with Arts & Crafts Links

The Arts & Crafts Society

Site highlighting the premier Coppersmith from the great Northwest (Alaska & Seattle)

Albert Berry's Arts and Crafts Shop

Visit this excellent site to learn all about English Arts & Crafts metal, a great resource on NEWLYN & John Pearson metal with great examples illustrated

Head, Heart & Hand

Everything you want to know about European Jugendstil pewter

Art Nouveau & Jugendstil Pewter

One of my favorite places in the world The Gamble House

Learn all about Fulper lamps & pottery: Fulper.net

Some incredible metal can be viewed at this museum The Minneapolis Institute of Art

ARTS & CRAFTS DEALERS

Please visit these sites if you are shopping for period metal:

DALTON'S / SYRACUSE, NY

VOORHEES / PASADENA, CA

CIRCA 1910 / LOS ANGELES, CA

ISAK LINDENAUER ANTIQUES