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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.
Tomorrow will be the last one ????
ReplyDeletePlease no.
Today's post is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lisa. This has been very interesting. Also it's good to know someone has more collections than I do. Ha!
ReplyDeletelovely :)
ReplyDeleteIts been enjoyable being a voyeur into your collections and artistry....looking forward to the finale. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE YEAR!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, 0ne day to go!!!
ReplyDeletegrt, Helmi
one more day! i'll miss seeing your posts. i hope you'll continue!
ReplyDeletedoo-dad delight..............
ReplyDeleteThis has been so lovely to watch the collection unfold across 2010. It has also been an afirmation for the things that I collect and cherish. Thank you so much for letting us share this journey. (Penny: Melbourne Austalia)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait until the final collection! I've loved following this blog and have enjoyed your curations so much. And I'm always left wondering what your home must be like to have so much lovely ephemera at hand, I'm always fighting a collectors/hoarders space conundrum! Thanks so much for a lovely year.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for my morning enjoyment of your collections. I am sad to see it end. It has made each brighter.
ReplyDeleteLove this "collection," looks like the top of my work bench, just a bunch of tiny little things I can't let go :)
ReplyDeleteoooh I love those stamps - especially the g... in fact... I think I have a similar one to that!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the year, I've enjoyed all of your collections!
how charming
ReplyDeleteso interesting pics. haha.
ReplyDeletei am so happy to read your nice post. thanks
ReplyDeleteThis has been so lovely to watch the collection unfold across 2010. It has also been an afirmation for the things that I collect and cherish. Thank you so much for letting us share this journey.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow will be the last one ????
ReplyDeletePlease no.
Don't even know what to say on this topic. So much ideas are mixed in my head after reading it. Very problematic article I think
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antique collection........
ReplyDeletein fact... I think I have a similar one to that!
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I like this post It makes me think in old things like my grand father had
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. love all your pictures
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