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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.
What a fabulous thing to collect! Such pops of beautiful colour. Perfect for showcasing in a frame on a lovely white wall.
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI have a collection just like this one! I have about 100 laminate sample tags different textures and materials (all the same size) made out of wood, plastic, & metal.
ReplyDeleteGood one today!
ReplyDeleteloverly colours
ReplyDeleteI saw this blog featured in Martha Stewart Magazine this month and just remembered to check it out! I love this idea and your collections -- this is awesome. I'm from Austin, Texas and I work for a software company called eProoft. Right now we're running a stories contest featuring collections -- to enter, all you have to do is tell us what you collect! At the end of the month, we give away a Starbucks gift card to the person with the best collection. You can submit at http://www.eprooft.com/stories, and there's no limit on how many times you can enter. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting these great collections. We'll make sure to feature you on our Facebook page!
I love colour chips and all your lovely collections. Thank you for your blog.
ReplyDeleteI’ve come back to my childhood…
ReplyDeleteThis post remembers me how I loved to watch the colors, to fell the texture, and the scent of paint sample tags.
I found your blog through a “Words and Eggs” (http://wordsandeggs.squarespace.com/) link.
What a wonderful idea! I really love it. To Share with everybody the beauty of little things.
To all of us who collect everything for no particular reason but the charm of the item, this is just a great idea.
Thank you for sharing. I just love your blog.
«Collectionaday» encouraged me to free all those little things I'm keeping in drawers.
Luísa
It's kinda crazy how many collections we have in common. Do you collect the plastic cores from scotch tape rolls? Because that's probably my weirdest collection.
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