I like also the clothespins, because it's a small object of the everyday that one can easily divert of his principal use, for example it can be very well used to connect sheets of drawing between them. A pretty and useful object at the same time !
love these. when i was in marseille this summer we took a boat trip out to some islands & way up on these abandoned military ramparts was this look out house of sorts; on the backside, a clothesline, with a coupla super old clothespins. yes, i took two! & then we were promptly kicked outta there b/c someone left the gate open and we weren't supposed to be there at all. it's my little treasure though :)
this is so inspiring. wouldn't it make a great picture book? (hopefully that's in the works!) i am following you know so i can get my collection "fix" each day. can't wait to see what you come up with!
Hi Lisa. This is a very lovely thing you have going on here. I will enjoy following along. I grew up in a home full of collections (my mother's), and have a tendency toward creating them myself.
I love clothespins especially the colorful plastic ones. I always think of my grandma when I'm putting our clothes out to dry since I helped put hers out so many times.
Hi, LOVE your project! And if I were a publisher I'd make a great coffee-table-book out of this "collection of collections" in progress! My favorite ones so far: these clothespin and the erasers. This will be a daily read for me in 2010! Thanks for sharing, Ciao from Italy, Suze
hello, just wonderfully, accientally discovered your collections blog. i, too, have always been taken with organizing and displaying collections. it makes me happy to think of following your entire year of them. my blog features lots of things, including many of my collections and how i display them. here's the one on MY clothespin collection!
i love this project you're working on! i'm especially in love with your clothespins - they remind of my grandmother, who was a seamstress and always hung her clothes up to dry with plastic clothespins. <3
This collection actually brought tears to my eyes! My grandmother had a set of plastic clothespins that she hung her laundry with. I loved the colors of them....blue, green, and pink and would play with them when they weren't in use. Coincidentally, today marks three years that she has been gone. So thank you for evoking such a nice and warm memory!! I almost feel like I'm in her backyard again!
Designboom did an article all about the evolution of the design of clothespins, with some great photos on their massive collection. (not that its about quantity)
We call these clothes pegs in the UK. When I was a child we had gypsies who used to go door to door selling wooden ones they had made themselves , held togther with strips of tin cut from old cans. Recycling is not such a new thing after all! Hazel has one or tow in her collection of clothes pegs.
Clothespins.
Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI like also the clothespins, because it's a small object of the everyday that one can easily divert of his principal use, for example it can be very well used to connect sheets of drawing between them. A pretty and useful object at the same time !
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of growing up. I used to always help my mom hang clothes on the clothesline.
ReplyDeleteoh i like the wooden ones. i have (my mom had) the same. they seem to be the same all over the world :)
ReplyDeleteLove the project, looking forward to seeing more
ReplyDeletelove these. when i was in marseille this summer we took a boat trip out to some islands & way up on these abandoned military ramparts was this look out house of sorts; on the backside, a clothesline, with a coupla super old clothespins. yes, i took two! & then we were promptly kicked outta there b/c someone left the gate open and we weren't supposed to be there at all. it's my little treasure though :)
ReplyDeletethis is so inspiring. wouldn't it make a great picture book? (hopefully that's in the works!) i am following you know so i can get my collection "fix" each day. can't wait to see what you come up with!
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Hi Lisa. This is a very lovely thing you have going on here. I will enjoy following along. I grew up in a home full of collections (my mother's), and have a tendency toward creating them myself.
ReplyDeleteI love clothespins especially the colorful plastic ones. I always think of my grandma when I'm putting our clothes out to dry since I helped put hers out so many times.
ReplyDeletei like the pink ones best..btw i've got some vintage wooden dolly pegs they're very tactile :)
ReplyDeletehello. hello. hello.
ReplyDeletejust discovered your new (& delightful) project!
i can't wait to see what develops here!
what a great great collection...this is such a amazing idea for a blog..
ReplyDeleteHi, LOVE your project! And if I were a publisher I'd make a great coffee-table-book out of this "collection of collections" in progress!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite ones so far: these clothespin and the erasers.
This will be a daily read for me in 2010!
Thanks for sharing,
Ciao from Italy,
Suze
I love the clothespins. And I love all the colors as you scroll down the page.
ReplyDeleteWonderful.
ReplyDeleteAnd what a wonderful idea for a blog.
fun! some of these shapes i've never seen.
ReplyDeleteThese are great! So much color and texture together... Reminds me of a spring day. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteWow, i am totally enjoying this project. I love clothespins, especially such pretty ones with fun shapes.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the 365 collections.
hello,
ReplyDeletejust wonderfully, accientally discovered your collections blog. i, too, have always been taken with organizing and displaying collections. it makes me happy to think of following your entire year of them. my blog features lots of things, including many of my collections and how i display them.
here's the one on MY clothespin collection!
www.piesandaprons.blogspot.com/2009/12/
collecting-clothespins.html
i love this project you're working on! i'm especially in love with your clothespins - they remind of my grandmother, who was a seamstress and always hung her clothes up to dry with plastic clothespins. <3
ReplyDeletewhat a commitment. beautiful idea. looking forward to the journey. :)
ReplyDeleteIs it strange that I have a nearly overwhelming urge to rearange some of your collections?
ReplyDeleteIts not that I find them displeasing... I just have feel the need to put them in a certain order.
Despite this urge, I really do love this project.
This collection actually brought tears to my eyes! My grandmother had a set of plastic clothespins that she hung her laundry with. I loved the colors of them....blue, green, and pink and would play with them when they weren't in use. Coincidentally, today marks three years that she has been gone. So thank you for evoking such a nice and warm memory!! I almost feel like I'm in her backyard again!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea Lisa :)
ReplyDeleteDesignboom did an article all about the evolution of the design of clothespins, with some great photos on their massive collection. (not that its about quantity)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.designboom.com/contemporary/peg.html
We call these clothes pegs in the UK. When I was a child we had gypsies who used to go door to door selling wooden ones they had made themselves , held togther with strips of tin cut from old cans. Recycling is not such a new thing after all! Hazel has one or tow in her collection of clothes pegs.
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