Browsing the internet one evening, this beauty popped up on the screen. A 1956 Craft Horizon issue with a classic 'mid-century modern' cover design. Digging deeper, it reveals the article that introduces Shop One to the art and craft world.
"Probably every craftsman at some time or other considers opening his own shop to sell things he makes. This story of four who did so, combining their talents and resources to set up a crafts store, unusual in its close contact between customer and craftsman. Located in Rochester, New York, it is called Shop One."
Read the article and discover the wealth of notable names of craftsmen - the founders Jack Prip, Tage Frid, Frans Wildenhain and Ron Pearson. Karl Laurel, Hans Christensen, Lawrence Copeland, Max Nixon, Robert Donovan, Richard Wakamoto, and Hobart Cowles all displayed and sold their work.
Barbara Newton (Cowles) is acknowledged - "Not the least of this craft store's assets is its lovely manager whose basic aim is the presentation of crafts in as home-like setting as possible". Barbara became a managing partner at Shop One.
This is a beautiful record of Shop One's role in the roots of the Craft Movement.