The Magic of Imperfect Objects With Jessica Oreck | Atlas Obscura

[@atlasobscura]

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[@kyootkitteh]

That bit about the three-legged animals having to lean on each other for support is the sweetest thing 🥺

[@kristenk5754]

The way her face lights up and the little joy as she goes for something to show us... I love it. I love this series because it shows all the weird spark that we have.

[@atlasobscura]

So glad you love the series, Kristen! Totally agree that seeing what makes everyone tick has been utterly delightful.

[@kuntalgo]

Die-hard fan of madam Jessica Oreck. I was fortunate enough to meet her once at a film festival in Kolkata. Her knowledge is colossal yet she is so calm, composed and humble. May the almighty bless her with peace, prosperity and joy.

[@alohakittymon]

Jessica is a very special person and I feel her as she expresses how theses collections make her feel...

[@julier8]

Absolutely loved this wonderful show & tell - finding someone like Jessica who has also not succumbed to Marie Kondoizing her home and has embraced her collecting (hoarding!) with pride, makes me so happy to know I am not alone! I call myself a "hoardeur" as I only save "good' stuff" (yes, some would question my definition of good!) - I draw the line at dirty food containers!! Over the last couple of years, I have been trying to figure out why I love my stuff so much - and the reasons behind why I collect what I collect. Aside from the fact that I am an artist/designer and find inspiration in my items and use some pieces in my work, another reason I realize that the objects are important to me is that they serve as a connection with others and serve as a prompt for pleasant memories. Other objects have no sentimental attachment, but are fascinating to me because of how they are made, what they are made of, or their ingenious function. Anyhow, would love to apply to be interviewed and share a collection or two - maybe we could chat and determine which collection would be of most interest to your viewers. You can view my 'object portrait' and get in touch through my website if you are interested: juliereed.com/about-2 Thanks for this new escape/project - I look forward to viewing upcoming interviews - and exploring the rest of your site!

[@jennymiller9320]

Dylan, I repeatedly come back to watch this wonderful video. Your genuine curiosity and Jessica's unadulterated joy are so lovely to watch. I love her collections and her knowledge of them!

[@jabberwalky1965]

I love her collection of collections. I suffer from this also. I am an American living in Germany for ten years and the flea markets are amazing here. I have a collection of bells, plum bobs, walking sticks, knives, bier steins (oh my god the bier steins are out of control) maps, and just all sorts of one off stuff. If you want to see it I’d love to share

[@atlasobscura]

No such thing as suffering when it comes to collections! Love the beer steins :)

[@Mentocthemindtaker]

I love Jessica's brain. I mean, she's a very pretty lady, but what a magnificent brain! I appreciate that every item in her collection has been individually curated to fit in the right box, but with a slight emotional subtext. Wonderful. As a collector of dice, it's nice to see more dice, even if the collections are vastly different. Subscribed to the instagram, looking forward to seeing more of this marvellous collection. That's enough adjectives for now. Thank you so much for the video, even though I adored the automatons, for some reason this video resonated with me more. Very much enjoying this series.

[@herdivineshadow]

For sure the 3-legged animals are the highlight!

[@martaferrari8197]

This is such a delightful moment in time. Thank you for this

[@JCJCJCJCJCJCJCJCJCJCJC]

Such great stuff. She was incredibly nice and hope to see more of her collections

[@atlasobscura]

You should check out her Instagram for more! instagram.com/office.of.collecting/

[@JCJCJCJCJCJCJCJCJCJCJC]

Already did!! Thanks much

[@barondickhorn]

Have you never read The Sherlock Holmes adventure of The Five Orange Pips? It's fantastic! I also get very happy when i find off registration comics and off model popular culture products. Thank you for documenting Ms. Oreck's cool collection!

[@marenmacgregor-hannah203]

"Pips!!" "That's a very...that's kind of an aggressive spoon..." lol..

[@thomashughes_teh]

I had a three legged camel like that when I was a child. It had been part of a nativity scene.

[@clairbeckmann3209]

Love this. Looks like she has not yet posted on Instagram, but I"m now a follower. This was awesome. Thanks

[@atlasobscura]

Hi Clair! It does look like Jessica has posted a bit in the last couple days-is it possible that Instagram accidentally took you to an inactive account? (The dots can be hard to see in the video, we made the same mistake! Here is the link to the account: instagram.com/office.of.collecting/)

[@curiouscharacter1]

I don't think I'd care to eat my breakfast cereal with the spoon with claws but nevertheless I found her adorable. She obviously experiences great delight in her passion for collecting. Quite a quirky personality but, she owns it well.

[@OllyKilo]

Man this stuff is so cool.

[@claireisacamel]

Oh man, such a perfect embodiment of what I feel like my mind looks like haha

[@atlasobscura]

Hard same!

[@thedavidbeach]

I so love this...

[@jenniferewing2804]

OH, THANK GOD!!! I AM NOT ALONE!!! I love this, but I do mix in things that are too big, also...but I have sooooooo much stuff- that I can't part with. These items come to me one by one, and, then, all of a sudden, I have this whole group of things.....SOOOOO MANY GROUPS OF THINGS!! My friends, sometimes, give me the look; You know the look. ...

[@wickedsweet35]

Brilliant

[@pandora80sbox]

We are all so weird, i love this videos super interesting!

[@LauraMoncur]

I wanna see this!

[@markstewart4501]

I worked at a corner convenient store years ago. The store was located right in the middle of a lot of section 8 housing and a housing program for the homeless, AND it was only several blocks outside of downtown of a medium city and a world Religions Headquarters...Every time I worked I conversed with people from the top to bottom of the Class system. It was awesome. Anyway, a lot of change was used to make purchases. Counting 5 to 30 dollars worth of random change happened often. I would set a side the most beat up, gnarled, and bent coins and exchange my personal money for them. I have 15 lbs of the most uniquely messed up coins. I ,too, like to think of their stories.

[@SeanLamb-I-Am]

Office of Collecting and Design..... hmmm.... OCD..... I see what you did there.

[@maritimedragon]

What a beautiful woman!

[@timbrys3567]

I guess I never hit enter on my post so here it is again. This is excellent! I didn't realize she was responsible for so many cool movies as well! I've worked with miniature items, insects, fossils and various collections for a long time so her works are awesome to me. Atlas should also check out HORG- www.horg.com/horg/, The mmuseum- www.mmuseumm.com/, and things that Miles Portek has worked on like Miles from Home and his work in the Erth Company- dinosaurzoolive.us/

[@atlasobscura]

LOVE THE MMUSEUMM!

[@ANerdsWorld]

I'd love to be on your show! I have many unique items from my travels around the world, including (but not limited to): Elephant bird egg, egyptian death mask 2000+ years old, weapons from the Masai Tribe of Kenya, Woolly Mammoth Task from Siberia, WW1 3d Camera with original slides (Canada Geographic wrote an article on my find: www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/rare-first-world-war-photography) and I also have about 24 pieces of taxidermy with a few really unique pieces.

[@atlasobscura]

Thanks for reaching out! We'll pass this along to the team :)

[@jimg8490]

You lost me after poker dice. Thanks for sharing!

[@thefonzkiss]

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