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This is a blog documenting a project that will span exactly one year, from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. On each of those 365 days, I will photograph or draw (and occasionally paint) one collection. Most of the collections are real and exist in my home or studio; those I will photograph. Some are imagined; those I will draw or (occasionally) paint.
Since I was a young girl, I have been obsessed both with collecting and with arranging, organizing and displaying my collections. This is my attempt to document my collections, both the real and the imagined. Some of my collections are so large that I will need to photograph them separately over several days. I will likely not attempt to photograph collections in which the individual pieces are large in size or awkward in shape (i.e. my art collection or vintage enamel dishware collection). The only rule is that I must photograph or draw a whole or part of a collection each day for 365 days and post the result here on this blog.
The practice of collecting and documenting collections is as old as the hills. I want onlookers here to know that I do not profess to be doing anything new or unique or ingenious. I am embarking on this project because I love my collections, and I want to document them in a way that makes sense to me, and share them with whoever might be interested in looking at them.
This blog is open for comments. I encourage you to share your thoughts about what memories the photographs and drawings of my collections spark for you and what, if any, sense of nostalgia or repulsion they make you feel.
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For those of you who have stumbled here and don’t already know me, my name is Lisa Congdon. I am an artist and illustrator, and I live in the Mission District of San Francisco with my partner Clay Lauren Walsh and our Chihuahua Wilfredo and two cats, Barry and Margaret. If you are interested, you can see the kind of artwork I make on my website or on the website of my illustration agent, Lilla Rogers. If you would like to see what my home looks like (as it contains many of my collections) you can see a house tour here. You can view my studio (also a repository) here.
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Hi, Lisa -- just discovered your new collection of collections! Wonderful -- as a life-long collector myself, I love how you are honoring the beauty of these items. As always, your artfulness inspires.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I love this one. I think one of the things I like most about this project is the excitement of what collection each day will bring!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea -- I am excited to follow all of your collections.
ReplyDeleteHi there, I love the idea of photographing all your collections-- I'm participating in the 365 Project (photo a day, every day for a year) and like your spin on it. :)
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This is so inspiring, I have odd little collections like this too and now I feel inspired to figure out ways to display them.
ReplyDeleteI love the erasers. My Father had one of those 6 sided numbers on his desk all through my childhood. You couldn't use it to erase, it just smeared everything, but it was nice to just pick it up and turn it around in my hands. His version had a little green brush on it to sweep away the eraser crumbs. I can remember the feel of it and that smell that erasers have. Your collection brings his whole little basement office back to me with the big desk made out of boards over old army filing drawers and brick and board book shelves. There was an old, black plastic, rotary phone and a weird stapler, probably from the 40's and an army green, metal, 2 hole punch. I used to spend hours just dinking around at his desk.
That's what all my little collections are about. 20 years from now when I see a certain kind of pine cone I'll remember the pile of them on my window sill and how I'd pick them up 1 and 2 at a time. I'll be transported back to this little house I live in and my long walks in this wonderful old neighborhood with the best dog I've ever had.
Great blog idea.
Your blog is a pretty good idea !!! "Une réussite" ! I'll come back !
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I have a bunch of vintage coin rolls in a dresser drawer. Some of them were very well used and others had never been touched. That make me a collector?? Well. no. I'm very impressed that you have so many collections. I would never be able to take 365 pictures of different collections. I think I have about ten different collections.... if my collections of cameras and computers count.
ReplyDeleteIt’s hard to find knowledgeable people on this topic, but you sound like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks
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