My designs and patterns have been inspired by many artisans of the Arts and Crafts Movement from England to Europe to America.
* William Morris of England who is credited as the inspiration behind the Arts & Crafts Movement in England , famed textile designer, printer and book illuminator.
* M. P. Verneuil of France in the 1890's who was an artist and influential teacher of Art Nouveau decoration using design motifs and elements based on plant life.
* Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders (1906) of Pasadena; botanical illustrator and wife of Charles Francis Saunders.
* The Roycrofters: a school of artisans in East Aurora founded by Elbert Hubbard, also known as father of the Arts & Crafts movement in America.
* Ceramic works by the Saturday Evening Girls, Roseville Pottery, Van Briggle, Rookwood,etc.
* Jewelry-makers such as Peer Smed, Clemens Friedell, Robert Jarvie, Frank Gardner
There were many groups of designers who gathered together to form schools and guilds that had common philosophies on life and art. Such schools were Liberty & Co., Birmingham Guild, Keswick School, Scottish School, Tiffany Studios, Gustav Stickley and the Roycrofters. It was a short era, lasting for the most part,from the late 1800s until about 1915 and the enduring quality and appeal of the arts of that era is the basis for the name of my business, TIMELESS ARTS.
