Gonder Ceramic Arts Pottery; the Beginning

To look at me, you'd never think one of my biggest vices was collecting pottery.  I mean, I'm a "biker" by all accounts; very long hair, beard, double pierced ear, two nice size biker tattoos and love to wear black, blue jeans, leather and silver.  Oh, and yes, I DO own and ride a big bike!

Why shoot, I guess I even surprised myself when I got "the bug" of collecting Gonder Art Pottery.   It all started with wanting a cookie jar for my new bachelor apartment.  As I hunted the department stores for one, all I ever found were jars made to look like apples or teddy bears, mushrooms, Pillsbury Dough Boys and a huge selection of Coke and Pepsi related cookie jars.  None of those were "me".

I wanted something simple, something more masculine and strong looking.  So, I did a "cookie jar" search on Ebay and found one that appealed to me; Gonder's P-24 Cookie Jar in an ivory glaze with dark brown sponge and drip outer glaze.  I placed a bid and won it for $21.00.  

Once that cookie jar was in my hand, I felt myself drawn to the heaviness of it, the simple lines and design and the nostalgicness (new word.. just made that up) of it.  So back to Ebay I went in search of other items named Gonder Ceramic Art.  

From that one jar, my collection/obsession has grown to now over 350 pieces and there are still a lot of "don't haves" on my wish list.

Yes, my friends, I admit it.  I am a Gonderholic.  

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to change the light bulb in my Gonder Ceramic Arts "Driftwood Lamp", grab a cookie from the ol' Gonder Cookie Jar and wash it  down with a cold mug of milk from the Gonder #902 Twisted Handle Mug in Red Flambe.  ;-)