T3: The Arts and Crafts Movement 1850 - 1915The Arts and Crafts movement was a led by William Morris in the UK. It was inspired by nature and was often very decorative. It had an emphasis on the use of high quality materials and craftsmanship. The products were only really available for the wealthy. Much of the work was Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and it was at its height between 1880 and 1910. The Arts and Crafts movement influenced British and American architecture, decorative arts, cabinet making, crafts, and even garden designs. Its best-known practitioners were William Morris, Charles Robert Ashbee, T. J. Cobden Sanderson and Walter Crane. These people considered the machine to be the cause of all repetitive and mundane evils, some of the members of this movement turned entirely away from the use of machines and towards handicraft, using basic tools.
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