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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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I really admire and appreciate what you are doing. So insightful and interesting! I will keep checking each day to see something new.
ReplyDeleteOOOoooh! My favorite so far. Reminds me of all the friendship bracelets I would make in grade-school. I had a box full of floss, wrapped on little pieces of cardboard and kept in rainbow order. :)
ReplyDeletethank you for transform these quotidian little stuff to something special and different in your
ReplyDeletephotographs. I will visit your blog everyday. Have a nice day!!! :)
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Lovely colors.
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ReplyDeleteLove the colors. This is great! I can't wait to see what is to come!
ReplyDeleteI am already obsessed with your new blog. Love how you bring out the beauty out of the most simple objects. Yanyan
ReplyDeleteThis blog is bookmarked! :) And...I haven't done too much looking around at your artwork or other blogs, but from the little I've seen so far...you like feathers...and leaves the shape of feathers! Fantastic! :)
ReplyDeleteLovely collections...The vintage bobbins are great too
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