This isn't your childhood collection of Burger King's Star Wars action figures. This isn't a long-forgotten Beanie Babies plushie. When your artistic taste has matured enough to the point of considering adding figurine art to your home, you are ready to learn about kilns and firing techniques and enamel paints. It will all add to the enjoyment of your collection, believe me! So your celadon figurine has its unique sheen from the iron oxide in its glaze? Now you can discourse in a learned fashion to your guests who admire your collection. You may even interest them in collecting figurines for themselves. You learn that the shades of green coming from a celadon's reducing atmosphere kiln evoked the most subtle shades of the treasured stone, jade, to the figurine maker, and that if the glaze cracks in a certain pleasing way, the term is 'crackle glaze' and the piece is even more valuable.
When you move along to the western figurine houses of Royal Doulton or Hummel, you delve into British and German history of craftsmanship, loving attention to fine detail that is at the heart of producing a piece of art of which to be proud. Royal Doulton, in operation since 1815, produces figurines with astonishing moods and poses, all rendered in fine porcelain with a glaze that mimics the glow of life. Hummel figurines utilize the charm of Sister Berta Hummel's original designs and bring her drawings to three-dimensional verisimilitude by the techniques of bisque firing and outward glazing. This enables the collector to see in the final piece the depiction of rosy-cheeked childhood which Hummel portrayed so well.
Your figurines need a special place of display, something that will catch the eye of the visitor and yet protect the delicacy of the pieces. A shelf with a lip will prevent untimely tipping of the fragile pieces, at the very least, yet even better is a glassed-in display case similar to a museum's place of honor. Interior lighting of the case is important, as with all art, because direct sunlight, unless in very limited amounts, is detrimental to the paints. You will enjoy your figurine art much more if you aren't worrying about their longevity! And you do want them to last as long as possible, because what is more satisfying than to give them to a cherished relative who will treasure them as much as you do? If they are protected well, they will provide a legacy to your loved ones.
For the moment, however, you will want more and more figurines to add to your grouping, until you have satisfied that collecting urge for the moment. Now you have themes in your collection, perhaps an animal theme, or a depiction from your childhood memories, such as attending the circus. Why not group your figurines in small settings of three or four, similar in subject? For instance, the circus motif could be an elephant standing on its hind legs, a aged balloon lady dispensing balloons to eager little hands and in the background, a juggling clown, surely the most recognizable of the circus folk. Naturally, your personal taste will circumscribe any such groupings into those most pleasurable to you. It is part of the joy of having a large collection of figurines to vary their display every so often, as the season or your mood changes. You will find that figurines bring a room to life in a unique way.
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