Ever since she was a young girl, artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon has been obsessed with collecting. In 2010, Lisa Congdon embarked on a year-long project: a daily documentation through photos and the occasional drawing of arrangements from her curious collections. 


“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.”

A Collection a Day

Ever since she was a young girl, artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon has been obsessed with collecting. Having amassed a curious collection of objects, on January 1, 2010, she embarked on a year-long project: a daily documentation of arrangements of these items, posted online. “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.”


448 pages, 7.75" x 5.125" x 1.5"


Packaged in a full colour, embossed and hinged tin. 


$20.00 CAD

Housed in a special collector’s tin, the packaging encourages the reader to store their own prized collections within. The brick-like book features one collection per page with captions, an essay by the artist and a foreword written by Martha Stewart Living Collections Editor, Fritz Karch.

Some of the vintage tins that inspired the design of A Collection a Day's collector's tin.

Lisa Congdon is the cover artist for UPPERCASE issue #52.