I've been enjoying glimpses of Chicago collage artist Linda Crispell's amazing collections. She collects just about everything and is a faithful estate-sale and flea-market hound. She has the eye of a slightly eccentric museum curator when it comes to displaying her found objects--vintage cake decorations, wooden airplane propellers, bird houses, etc. Her kitchen looks like an old-fashioned candy shop, with vintage glass containers filled with goodies. In her dining room, she displays art work in a thrifted church bulletin case. It looks like her collage of items on display changes, and I think everything she does, including her paper collages, is completely inspired.
You can see why her home has been featured all over the place, online and in mags and newspapers. Did I mention that she also has a wicked sense of humor? "We live in a crack den when no one is photographing our house," she confessed.
Enough of my words, go check out her blog and her Etsy shop.
Shown above are the kokeshi dolls I bought in Japan 11 years ago. I found them in a shop at Nikko's Lake Chuzenji, which is famous for its monkeys. Why only two, you may ask? Good question. We were on shopping overload in Japan. There was just so much there that we absolutely fell in love with that it was hard to choose what to buy. (We also had a tiny California '50s tract home at the time that had no extra space for collections.) And I guess I always felt that we'd be able to return regularly. So far, that's not happened, but I'm hoping that these two dolls will be the start of a collection.
I'd love to see what you're collecting these days.
5 comments:
I certainly meant no offense to the lovely people who reside in crack dens, they would be insulted if they saw my son's room right now. Thank you for your nice words, I've never been called a hound of anything! I have arrived.
Thanks,
Linda
I love Linda Crispell's home. I first saw it in a magazine (not sure which one) and was happily surprised to find her blog through her comments on yours! She is a master collector. I have several collections, but mostly I just sift through my mothers. I was just looking at all of her spoons...might be a post...thanks for getting me thinking. I love your new collection, especially the most recent additions! :)
I love your little collection and I might have a little tiny kokeshi to give to you when we meet this fall. I collect just about everything but my favorite things are vintage buttons, vintage felt toys and accessories , vintage linens and lace doilies and liberty of london silk scarves and fabric.
Tract home or crack den, there's always room for a collection. Your two kokeshi dolls are lovely, and I have no doubt you'll be adding to that collection.
My current collecting vices? Vintage linens (get 'em while you can), pink kitchen kitsch, purses, and costume jewelry. If it's useful, that means it's not an obession and therefore not a problem, right? Right?
what a great choice for a collectio. I find kokeshi dolls at the thrift store some times. They are always priced well because no one knows what they are.
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