Collecting, researching, and selling fine art and objects isn’t just something I do. It’s the thing my mind drifts to in traffic, late at night, or while staring at something ordinary and wondering what it used to be. If I could spend all my time doing this, I probably would.
What pulls me in is the mystery. Why is this object here now? Where has it been? Who made it, and what were they trying to do? Sometimes I buy a piece simply because I want to understand it. That was the case with the little green pots from one of my earliest posts. They’re beautiful, with deep, jewel-toned glazes, and they’re not rare. That only made them more interesting. I needed to know where they came from and why they look the way they do.
The same curiosity led me, briefly and not very successfully, into Japanese teapots. It turns out you need a surprisingly deep education just to know what’s good, what’s ordinary, and what’s quietly exceptional. That kind of learning curve is exactly what I enjoy. The research, the false starts, the moment when things finally click.
This site is a place to share what I’m learning as I go, along with the objects that stopped me in my tracks. Thanks for being here and spending some time looking with me.