Collecting

I think collecting the smaller pots such as Teabowls , Chawans whatever you want to call them, offers collectors on a tighter budget a great way of getting better quality items from great potters , where as a large piece by some well known potters can set you back quite a bit , hundreds maybe , a teabowl at around a fraction of the cost still gives a pleasurable display in a collection , they are also easier to move on, if and when you desire , a display or montage of 6-10 teabowls at the cost of one larger piece is a good deal imo , potters are happy to sell , collector has a nice display ( no hoarding in the loft) result , I do think collections should be manageable and displayed for maximum pleasure otherwise what's the point ? happy collecting  

That's fine if you're just collecting marks or an 'example', but with a lot of potters you don't get a proper view of their skills until you've got a larger piece.
6" is a good size.

I find I have a lot of jugs, mugs and lidded pots

I haven't quite found my niche yet. I have bits & bobs all over the place. Good thing the other half is remarkably tolerant. He knows who butters his bread  

NaomiM wrote:That's fine if you're just collecting marks or an 'example', but with a lot of potters you don't get a proper view of their skills until you've got a larger piece.
6" is a good size.

That's fair enough , but I wouldn't collect marks personally or examples either , what I meant was after visiting an exhibtion or gallery and you decide who you like a smaller piece of their work could provide a cheaper alternative to the more huge expensive works , ten £100 pots can look as attractive as one £1,000 piece , obviously both would be better cash permitting .

Hubby hasn't seen all the pots I'm currently storing on the floor in various corners of the house.

studio-pots wrote:

NaomiM wrote:
6" is a good size.

Tall, not wide.  

He found some of them once, when we had to have the boiler changed and the radiators flushed.

Imagine an exhibition of tea bowls. The average visitor would take one look and leave. Only a pot freak would stay longer.
Having a variety of plates, jugs, vases, dishes and sculptural pieces, large and small makes the whole collection more interesting.
I'd rather have chipped, cracked and restored items than teabowls, if I had to.

Not every potter makes tea bowls. I'd love a little Russell Coates but when I asked him at Farnham if he did anything smaller he said no.

Tbh, it's a bit like the argument I have with writers about short stories. Some say, start by writing short stories rather than the full novel as though one is just a shorter version of the other, but they are an art in their own right and very difficult to get right.
Same with tea bowls. Although they look simple and just smaller versions of the big pots, a proper tea bowl is a piece of art in it's own right and the essence of the potter making it. You'd never get a Russell Coates or a Harry Juniper or a Doug Fitch in a tea bowl.

I'm a pot freak so bring it on  

climberg64 wrote:Imagine an exhibition of tea bowls. The average visitor would take one look and leave. Only a pot freak would stay longer.
Having a variety of plates, jugs, vases, dishes and sculptural pieces, large and small makes the whole collection more interesting.
I'd rather have chipped, cracked and restored items than teabowls, if I had to.

No they wouldn't it ,would look spectacular ,a fantastic array of bowls by , Robin Welch , Ewen Henderson , the hundreds of Japanese Pots , the list is endless , variety is good and is what most exhibtions have , but Teabowls Chawans etc are great in their own right , to pick up one and feel it is a bit special , something you can't always do with huge pieces , I supose everybody has different forms they like best to collect , I tend to go for vases & Bowls , then maybe jugs , plates don't do it for me that much then it' downhill onto salt pigs tureens candlesticks etc all that tosh  

Well I would recommend putting some other pieces in so that husbands, wives and partners have something to look at too... 
Maybe some from your garden?

climberg64 wrote:Well I would recommend putting some other pieces in so that husbands, wives and partners have something to look at too... 

Do any come with ipads?  

Perhaps a play area for the kids

The one where they throw pots against the wall and smash 'em?  

this year I have been selling rather than collecting and it has gone very well.
I now have room to display my pottery rather than store it and I'm 10 grand better off

Is that 10 grand net or gross?

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