Jenni Morris invalid, "water treatment"
Morris and company wallpapers - still used today
old style dyes
tapestry , hobby of sorts
Arts and crafts movement
John Ruskin - how can we restructure society
People start having Utopian ideas
rejects mercantile economy
union of art and labor - your works should be in service of society
!!gothic cathedral!! - artisans and craftsman come together
Bauhaus also point to the cathedral
John Ruskin is philosophical leader
machine is bad then logic says the hand is good- return to the medieval
Morris tries to implement the ideas of Ruskin in the factory
how can a worker find joy once again in their work
Flaw - Hand made crafts are more expensive
resurgence in book arts as a reaction to industrialization (Fredeck Gaudie)
John Morris designs:
-Golden used to print The Golden Type
-Troy black letter
-Chaucer (smaller version of Troy)
establishes Kelmscott press
Art Nouveau driven by young people influenced by the arts and crafts movement
Bruce Rodgers type designer, rejected modernism, revered book designer
The Roycrofters – group of people started in 1895 by Elbert Hubbard
Was American expression of arts and crafts - is more pragmatic
this happens time and time again
Although it doesn't make financial sense, I admire the idea of the arts and crafts movement. I think there is a place for both the hand crafted and for assembly line products because people have different values. It would be impractical to have everything be hand made, the other side to that is manufactured goods can be too impersonal. What I also admire William Morris for is the variety of work he produced, that is something I would like to apply to my career. William Morris's story makes me ask hard questions of my life. Things like what do I value? Will being engrossed in my craft make me happy or in the end will it mean nothing, pushing people away. Happy thoughts like that, maybe Bauhaus will be more cheerful :)
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