Thursday, November 20, 2008

Garth Clarks Book



THE TEAPOT
"A connecting link between tea lovers and art lovers around the world".


In 2001, Garth Clark wrote the book, “The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions From The Kamm Collection” to accompany the traveling show featuring more than 200 contemporary pieces featuring more than 100 internationally known artists. These are from a private collection owned by Sonny and Gloria Kamm who have collected more than 7,500 teapots. This is considered the largest collection of teapots in the US and may be the largest in the world.

Past Shows (sold pieces)

In Past shows, between 1997 and 1998, 18 olive oil can tea-pots were designed and sold to collectors at the "Hot Tea" shows held at the delMano Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. All tea-pot are unique and numbered. Tea-pot #1 (shown below) is in Mr. and Mrs. Kamm internationally known collection.
teapot 16
teapot 15
teapot 13
teapot 03
teapot 04