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Should Passion for Collecting Ceramics be Suppressed? Probably Not…

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Green & Honey Teapot by Ryan Greenheck
Green & Honey Teapot
Ryan Greenheck

Those of us who are afflicted with the collecting bug know that it’s hard to kick. So hard, in fact, that we see no reason to kick it at all! Gradually, we fill our shelves, rooms, and houses with the stuff of our dreams and passions.

Recently, I read an article by ceramics collector Richard Jacobs in which he talks about his passion: “I do not need to justify my motivation. I know a need from a want. I want pottery because I have an obligation to support human imagination and creativity in a world where human destruction and tragedy often appears to be triumphant. I need pottery because I am daily enhanced and enriched by the presence of pottery.” (Ceramics Monthly, August 2008)

Yes, collecting is an unruly passion. As for myself, I own way too many teapots. My husband will tell you that I don’t need any more teapots. And yet…when I see Ryan Greenheck’s beautiful “Green & Honey Teapot,” I catch my breath and mentally start re-arranging my shelves.

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