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This weekend was the 23rd annual Arts & Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. This is the Main Event for devotees of the Arts & Crafts Movement – antiques, reproductions, artisans, educational workshops, you name it. An eclectic bunch of people are drawn in every year by their common love of [...]
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We have several new photo albums on our Flickr page, and we’re adding more sets and photos all the time.
In addition to the recent set of photos from our weaving workshop, we also have a growing assortment of pictures of custom order carpets and photographs of our carpets in clients’ homes.
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Donegal Carpets have been making bespoke (custom) hand-knotted carpets in northwest Ireland for over a century. Through the years Donegal Carpets have graced establishments such as Dublin Castle, the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, Eltham Palace, and the U.S. White House. Donegal Carpets still creates bespoke carpets in the original factory at Killybegs. Since 2005, [...]
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We recently did a project with stained glass artisan Theodore Ellison, who designed a carpet for a private client to coordinate with his “Ashley” art glass window.
The window:
The carpet design:
The carpet was made in India of pure New Zealand wool, which is both soft to the touch and very durable. And of course, RUGMARK-certified [...]
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Here’s the Guildcraft Carpets booth at the Arts & Crafts Conference this weekend. (Hurry down, it runs through tomorrow!) Since we have carpets in the traffic areas, people inevitably stop and look down when they feel their step from hotel-institutional to our gorgeously plush carpets. It’s always fun to watch the reaction.
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It’s that time of year again! Next week is the 22nd annual Arts & Crafts Conference at the venerable Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC.
Show organizer Bruce Johnson has done a bang-up job again this year and the show promises to be a success, with some fresh new exhibitors in addition to the regulars. [...]
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Here’s a great layman’s article about some of the more confusing terminology, specifically on the American side of the Arts & Crafts movement, by furniture maker/ woodworker Marc DeCou.
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