A Collection a Day, 2010

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Announcing...

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To see all 365 of my collections from 2010, scroll down and begin your viewing!

Cheers,
Lisa

Friday, December 31, 2010

Vintage blowers (Happy New Year!!).

Thank you to everyone for coming along on this fantastic ride this past year. It would not have been the same without you!

Best wishes for a beautiful 2011.

Lisa Congdon

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Day 364

Tiny little things.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Day 363

Vintage dominoes.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Day 362

Vintage Catherineholm cannisters (part of larger Catherineholm collection).

Monday, December 27, 2010

Day 361

Vintage matchbooks (part of larger collection).

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Day 360

Vintage wooden ornaments.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Day 359

Vintage angels. (Merry Christmas, everyone!)

Friday, December 24, 2010

Day 358

Vintage holiday cards (part of larger ephemera collection).

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Day 357

Vintage cookie cutters.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Day 356

Vintage fighter photos (part of larger ephemera collection).

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Day 355

Vintage patches.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Day 354

Vintage lotto/bingo cards.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Day 353

Vintage red ceramics.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Day 352

Vintage Danish candlesticks.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Day 351

Vintage ornaments.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Day 350

Vintage candy jars.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Day 349

Vintage carbon dressmaking paper.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Day 348

Vintage calling cards.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Day 347

Vintage celluloid and plastic reindeer.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Day 346

Vintage teapots.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Day 345

Leaves.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Day 344

Holiday bows.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Day 343

Vintage holiday cards.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Day 342

Wooden spoons and kitchen tools.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Day 341

Mid century paperbacks.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Day 340

Holiday bulbs.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Day 339

Vintage miniature trading cards "Dogs by Zito" (part of larger ephemera collection). Click on image to see larger.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Day 338

Holiday ornaments (part 1).

Friday, December 3, 2010

Day 337

Vintage cigarette cards (dog breeds).

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.