Collectors and artists are sometimes interchangeable. It is a matter of perspective. I am not going to be visited by the television show hoarding …
All Buttoned Up
Whether as a layering material, a whimsical punctuation to a project or as a ubiquitous tool for joining pieces, buttons find a home in many of our artists’ studios. We hope their work inspires you to take a closer look at how something so small can spark so much inspiration. Here are some of our Women Create makers who love working with buttons:
I started creating at a very young age. My brother and I would often spend hours at the kitchen table drawing and colouring together. Our parents …
NORMA I grew up in Metropolis, Illinois, where my father owned the local hardware store in town. I learned the entrepreneur spirit at an early age, …
JourneyIf fuzzy memories are any indicator, my interest in wearable art started early. There I am, little preschool me, joyfully smearing fingerpaint …
When we first set out to discover the button museums of the world, we thought it would be a short list. We were proven wrong, and we discovered that …