Button portrait

Thank you so much to Ali who commented on my previous blog and gave me the confidence to remove much of Frida’s nose and start again! Fin…

Fringe your eyes or take two steps back to see the woman in this Finnish artwork.

Cover Photo: Jane Perkins It’s hard to believe that we started this blog almost two years ago today! As a content curator and main blogger of this online journal, my major aim and concern was to highlight and restore an ancient art form one letter at a time. Yes, it’s almost two years. Can you believe it? Time flies, but the memories collected along the way can never be replaced. Has anyone heard me say time (again) ? A lot of us take so much time to honor linear possessions, but there are…

Jane Perkins is a found objects artist. She works with whatever bits of plastic that she can find, most commonly buttons, beads and toys. She collects and sorts them, then arranges them so that they resemble classic works of art.Here artistic career did not come quickly. Perkins first spent 17 years as a nurse and then 10 years at a full-time mother. It was only afterward that she went to art school to study textiles. She developed an appreciation for found materials because, she writes, "I…

Mona Lisa & fun button projects

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