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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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Enjoy.
I love old books! These are great!
ReplyDeleteI remember the last one distinctly. Good memory of grade school, back when nature mattered in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteLove the middle and left ones, gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteI second Cathy on that and I mourn the loss of these beautiful books. I have been away on my adoption have missed a couple of posts. I am enjoying all of your treasures. What a wonderful way of displaying them through your blog.
ReplyDeleteI too have the one on the right. Musta been a big seller.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the first two (green, red) were part of a series are there more?
ReplyDeleteMy mom & dad have a copy of the last one on the right...I remember it from my childhood...
ReplyDeleteWow I did a post about your beautiful studio last year, and now I've stumbled upon this blog by chance and loved it (without realizing it was yours). Small (internet) world.
ReplyDeletehttp://fujifiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/lisa-congdons-studio.html
get a fucking job, hipster
ReplyDeleteYour blog is really cool. I have a strange collection of silica gels, the things that you find in shoe boxes to keep them dry. I have around 300 of them.
ReplyDeleteI am not a collector but my Nanna gave me her collection of cigarette cards. Your old books reminded me of her collection!
ReplyDeleteOh this is so cool.
ReplyDeleteThat would make a beautiful wall display...as would many other of your daily collections!
ReplyDeleteanother owner of the one on the right-- given to my bird-loving daughter by my bird-loving grandpa
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