Arts & Crafts Explained | William Morris and Woodblock Printing | Curator's Corner

Discover the origins and aims of the Arts and Crafts movement through objects from the William Morris Gallery's collection.
Why did William Morris dye his hands blue? William Morris Gallery senior curator Roisin Inglesby explains why Morris preferred the traditional method of block printing to create his famous patterns. Discover why Morris hated the separation between design and manufacture - and see one of the 400 original woodblocks in our collection.

[@thecolorpalette4079]

This so amazing ❤ thanks for sharing knowledge about such a inspiring artist 🙏

[@robinhoodieradio3394]

This is amazing! Thanks for sharing. Amazing art form.

[@johnpaulcline55]

That was really interesting

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

How nice to think of flowery peasants in their now very expensive cottages. Surely an aid to the poor & needy!

[@coorainbow]

This video was ok, but I feel mislead by both the title and the thumbnail image- I'm pretty surprised because I assumed a museum like the V & A was above clickbait? Especially the thumbnail I guess... i mean you barely actually talk about it!

[@robertafierro5592]

I know what you probably thought it was going to be about..it's still a great video. One question. Have you ever worked with a woodblock? It's a messy art form. The answer to the clickbait question would probably be..Because they hadn't made rubber gloves yet!

[@AB.926]

All of this art was appropriated from India including the woodblocks and the placements on the back where the artisan holds it. The British stole designs and then banned the Indian artisans from selling their work to anyone while also banning their work from being imported into England. Would be nice if the V&A gave credit where it was due, but given it’s a British institution one can’t expect much!

[@MegPier]

Important values of authenticity and originality in a world being overrun by AI.

[@ivanolsen7966]

did any one else have to watch the start of this 3 times before you understood a single word she said

[@hannahretel1073]

No. Made perfect sense

[@paddyskate]

Click bait ! We can hear your saliva