Vintage tomato pin cushions.
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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.
he he he these make me smile :)
ReplyDeleteLove the little tomato and strawberry pincushions. My sister collects those too.
ReplyDelete:)
ReplyDeletei used to play with these when i was little.
ReplyDeletemy mom still uses them.
I love these! My mom had one when I was young that looked just like the top left tomato cushion. It makes me happy to see these and reminisce!
ReplyDeleteAhh I love these. I used to play with these all the time.
ReplyDeleteNice!
ReplyDeleteMy mom has one of those, and I've always been fond of it.
Love this collection--my mom had one of these, too. Tomato pincushion + colored ball-topped pins=hours of fun!
ReplyDeletehaha, i grew up with one of these!
ReplyDeleteYour collections are a delight! I anticipate the treasures to come. Thank you for sharing this with us.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nifty little collection! I have a couple of these I bought when I first left home and now I think I need to start looking for them in the antique stores.
ReplyDeleteI love these. They remind me of my grandma. She always has these all over her house.
ReplyDeleteOh! I used to have one of these...
ReplyDeleteVery nice, I love it:)
ReplyDeleteThey still make them!
ReplyDeleteI had one of those as a child!
ReplyDeleteLex
oh my goodness...this just made me jump back in time to my mom making me the best halloween costumes every year for me...thank you for that!!!
ReplyDeleteMarissa
I have one of these! It was bought quite recently so they are definitely still around. Mine looks like the one in the middle row on the right.
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