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How do Winterthur Students Spend Their Free Time? An Exploration of Echo Mountain Trail

A close up photograph of knit fabric with two inverse hearts visible in the patterning.

Knitting in Nottingham: Hands-on Experience with Historic Knitting Frames

Opulently decorated room with three chairs, fireplace, mirror, and chandelier.

“An Entirely New Note in Art”: Room Portraits in the Early-Twentieth Century

Two black servants carry a white woman in a hammock through a jungle. Two additional black servants carry baskets of fruit behind.

Laboring for Paradise

Val’s hand is seen on the left, holding the flax thread. Arwen’s hands are seen on the right, holding the hog’s bristle. Val is helping Arwen wind the thread down the shaft of the hog’s bristle. Below their hands is a pile of wood and two paper packets. A mug sits on the windowsill.

Shoemaking: The Dexterous Craft

A woman is seated at a table. In front of her is a wig-maker’s loom, which she works at with concentration.

A Craft in the Hands is Worth Two in a Book

A wide angle shot of the Nakashima living room turned gallery.

George Nakashima Was Born Today…And So Was I

Premium Petals: A Luxurious Dutch Tobacco Box

Unfinished Business: Signature Quilts and their Creative Process

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