Charles R Ashbee

      Charles R Ashbee was an architect, graphic designer, jeweler, and silversmith. Ashbee founded the Guild of Handcraft in 1982. This group founded by Ashbee was a very important and influential part of the arts and crafts movement. The members of the group were very skilled craftsman working off of the high-quality principles of John Ruskin and William Morris. Ashbee and his group were more focused on handmade products instead of machine manufacturing making the outcome of the products more significant.

                                                                                                    Silver dish created by Charles Ashbee in 1901