What is that? What is that one? That's metal bits, which is hard, it's hard to explain

that that is, but this one is teeth. Okay. And true to its promise, there are all different

kinds of teeth related things in there, like dental molds and actual teeth. And father's

wisdom teeth, some gobboon viper fangs. I'm Dylan Thoris and this is Atlas Obscura.

A celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.

We've got dole arms. And that's Jessica Orick. Jessica has spent the last 30 years or so collecting

odd and forgotten objects. I have a collection of boxes that are too small to hold anything,

a collection of animals that have only three legs. For years, Jessica tucked her collection

into tins, and boxes, and her dresser drawers, and then she carted it with her from apartment

to apartment. But she's finally decided to share it with the world. Today we're going

to Las Vegas, to the office of collecting and design. More, after this.

First, who are you? My name's Jessica Orick. Am I supposed to say more about myself?

I don't know. I mean, I guess I normally say I'm a filmmaker and artist. Sounds a little

pretentious, though. My wife, Michelle, and I first met Jessica

Orick at a mutual friends party some 13 years ago. And we all bonded pretty immediately over

a shared love of wax anatomical models. But in addition to being a wax anatomical model

enthusiast, Jessica's also a filmmaker and artist, and she's always been a collector.

I mean, and I feel very much that being a collector is much more than a hobby. To me,

it is a personality trait. I don't know what I was like as a child, though I do know I

was a collector from the get-go. Tiny rocks, dead cockroaches, you name it, I collected

it in my closet. It's not just objects. It's also people and experiences, and the way

that I organize my life is very much in collections. Even my films, I make films that fit together

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