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Published by Lund Humphries 11 September 2025 Arts & Crafts Chronicler The Life and Work of Sir Lawrence Weaver by Lawrence Trevelyan Weaver with Timothy Brittain-Catlin |
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'Lawrence Weaver's name is familiar to enthusiasts for Arts & Crafts architecture but this fascinating biography reveals for the first time the remarkable range of his activities alongside his writing career, from his early life selling ironmongery to his work as a civil servant, founder of the Ashtead Potters, exhibitions organiser and dedicated promoter of modern arts and crafts design.' Annette Carruthers, School of Art History, University of St Andrews.
A website can be many things — a showcase, news-outlet, bookshop and more. This website is a kind of autobiography. But it is less of a curriculum vitae and more of a library and gallery illustrating my activities and interests. I put it together for my own amusement and convenience during lockdown, at a time in life when I wanted to gather together the different things I have written, done and made. The impulse for its creation was to draw attention to what I have published. I never saw myself as a ‘writer’ or ‘author’ but my professional life as a doctor involved a lot of writing – medical, scientific, technical and historical. As well as a few books, I have written many chapters for textbooks and multi-author volumes, and published dozens of articles in medical, scientific and academic journals. Having constructed this website I am also taking the opportunity of displaying images of lettering I have cut in stone and wood, an absorbing counterbalance to words on paper or the screen. There is also some poetry, and some journeys . . . Make what you wish of what you find here. This website is work in progress – provisional, piecemeal – and just like reading a book or visiting an exhibition, you can dip in or wander about wherever you want. |
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