Gustav Stickley
Gustav Stickley
Gustav Stickleywas a furniture manufacturer, design leader, publisher and the chief proselytizer for the American Craftsman style, an extension of the British Arts and Crafts movement...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth9 March 1858
CountryUnited States of America
ideas house cabins
There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea.
mean expression hands
It should be the privilege of every worker to take advantage of all the improved methods of working that relieve him from the tedium and fatigue of purely mechanical toil, for by this means he gains leisure for the thought necessary to working out his designs, and for the finer touches that the hand alone can give. So long as he remains master of his machinery it will serve him well, and his power of artistic expression will be freed rather than stifled by turning over to it work it is meant to do.
wall cabins woods
The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods.
bare beauty charm clearly features felt firm hidden japanese open structural themselves
First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture.