Now in an all-new third edition, this guide features every major artist, object, and manufacturer of the Arts and Crafts period and lists the most current prices for their works. 330 photos.

Includes the most important arts and crafts designers and factories from Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, with examples of their work and current prices.

Packed with insider information, this is the ultimate field guide for Arts and Crafts collectors interested in acquiring art pottery, furniture, metalworking, and lighting.

Briefly describes the Arts and Crafts movement and shows examples of designs for pottery and dinnerware

The collection, assembled in 1993, features the work of over seventy of America's leading craft artists, working in glass, metal, ceramic, fiber, and wood.

Here is the first comprehensive survey of modern craft in the United States. Makers follows the development of studio craft--objects in fiber, clay, glass, wood, and metal--from its roots in nineteenth-century reform movements to the rich diversity of expression at the end of the twentieth century. More than four hundred illustrations complement this chronological exploration of the American craft tradition. Keeping as their main focus the objects and the makers, Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf offer a detailed analysis of seminal works and discussions of education, institutional support, and the philosophical underpinnings of craft. In a vivid and accessible narrative, they highlight the value of physical skill, examine craft as a force for moral reform, and consider the role of craft as an aesthetic alternative. Exploring craft's relationship to fine arts and design, Koplos and Metcalf foster a critical understanding of the field and help explain craft's place in contemporary culture. Makers will be an indispensable volume for craftspeople, curators, collectors, critics, historians, students, and anyone who is interested in American craft.