>> Let's see...anyone else you want to add to the list of woodworking idiots?
>> We've already got Maloof and Stickley. Wanna add Krenov and Klausz just
>> to round it out? You know, Klausz uses *gasp* white glue to assemble his
>> furniture. What a moron!

>
> They are hardly idiots! They make mismatched furniture and convince you it
> is fabulous.
> But all this is just a fun tangent.
>
> Arts and Crafts simply doesn't feature conspicuous plugs. The fact that
> Maloof might use them in some circumstances is hardly authorization for the
> rest of us to disregard what looks good.
>

> Large natural emeralds are worth many times the value of large synthetic
> emeralds. You know how you tell them apart? By examining them under
> microscopes. If you can find a defect, however small, they are natural; if
> perfect, synthetic. Otherwise they are indestinquishable. That makes a lot
> of sense. Naturally, they are working to put defects in sythetic stones, so new tests
> are being developed.