| There are many ways to find great pottery. | | | | This means that seeing the piece in person is |
| While it is often best to see the pieces in living | | | | definitely the best way to go if you have the |
| color, the Internet offers opportunities for those | | | | opportunity. If not, be certain that the dealer |
| who do not have ready or easy access to great | | | | from which you purchase the piece has a good |
| artisans in their town or who prefer a type of | | | | standing with the BBB and a liberal return policy. |
| pottery that typically isn't carried locally to find the | | | | Another reason you should display caution when |
| pieces they desire to add to their collections | | | | purchasing pottery online is that you can't really |
| without traveling extensively in order to do so. | | | | gauge the quality of the workmanship through a |
| There are a few drawbacks to ordering pottery | | | | photograph either. This means you may be |
| online and one of those would be the fact that | | | | getting flawed pieces and yet paying the price |
| you are only seeing a very flat representation of | | | | you would expect to pay for a perfect piece of |
| the finished product. In other words, it is very | | | | pottery by said artist. Unfortunately we cannot |
| difficult for a picture to recreate the drama that a | | | | trust everyone to be completely honest. It is a |
| certain piece of pottery may have. The colors | | | | sad truth but one that should definitely be |
| cannot be relied upon as accurate because of the | | | | considered. Many flaws will not show up on |
| differences in cameras, monitors, and picture | | | | camera, particularly if there is only one view of |
| quality. This means that if you are getting what | | | | the piece. Pottery, even when flawed can still be |
| you think is one color, that will match a certain | | | | beautiful but no one wants to pay more than a |
| feature in your room, you may actually be getting | | | | piece of pottery is worth, especially those that |
| another color all together (blue and purple are | | | | are collecting as an investment. |
| often difficult to differentiate among other colors). | | | | |