Jessica Oreck

What is showing up is the Office of Collecting and Design, a traveling museum of miniature objects that arrived in Tucson on Tuesday.

Creator and artist Jessica Oreck describes the collection as ordinary, unlabeled objects that evoke nostalgia.

We collect things that have no intrinsic value.

They're things that have sort of sit to the bottom of the junk drawer.

The show's Amber Victoria Singer got a virtual preview from its founder and curator.

Jessica Oreck has been collecting for her entire life.

My parents say that before I could talk, that I was collecting, collating little bits of dust and insect legs and all sorts of weird stuff.

I've always been drawn to the things that people don't necessarily look at.

The show's Amber Victoria Singer got a virtual preview from its founder and curator.

Jessica Oreck has been collecting for her entire life.

My parents say that before I could talk, that I was collecting, collating little bits of dust and insect legs and all sorts of weird stuff.

I've always been drawn to the things that people don't necessarily look at.