The Arts and Crafts Movement

An engaged practitioner traces the movement's aims and origins, arguing for a broadened definition of art that reunites imaginative design with everyday making and revives handcraft against mechanized production. The text describes the formation of an exhibiting society that brought diverse crafts together, argues that makers should be acknowledged as authors of their work, and recounts a programme of lectures and demonstrations on processes such as tapestry, modelling, printing, bookbinding, and design. Throughout, it emphasizes educating makers and the public about craft methods, the intelligibility of technique, and the moral and aesthetic value of creative labour.