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>Button Book Giveaway Winner!!!!

Huge apologies that I have been a little slow in posting the name of the winner of the Button Book Giveaway by Stephanie Davidson but a combination of Easter holidays and the children on school break, have meant the usual routine has been a little all over the place.

I also had to spend a few days recovering, after spending an evening searching for my neighbours daughter’s finger from a loft window!!! yes, you read that correctly! The finger was found eventually but it was all pretty traumatic, not only for the children who witnessed it, but for myself too!

So, swiftly moving on… after much ‘tooing & froing’, Stephanie & myself could not decide between us who was more worthy of the little book, as you are all worthy in our eyes & you all left some brilliant comments, so we settled on using the Random Number generator.

And the Winner is…. comment number 11 – Rachel Martin! Well done Rachel, hope you love the little button book! Do please get in touch with your details, so we can post it out to you! And a HUGE thank you to everyone else for the comments you left, we loved reading them!

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Categories button art, buttons, giveaway

>Kathleen Holmes

1 Feb

I was in awe when I first came across the work of Kathleen Holmes. Her signature sculptural form, is a simple dress – a dress we would all recognise, but something which has the ability to look incredibly powerful in all it’s purest form.

Tailor Maid • Mermaid • Woman of Letters

Kathleen Holmes grew up in the Deep South, where crochet, sewing, and embroidery were utilitarian crafts for generations of women. She incorporates all these traditions in her sculpture with the intricate patterns and textures, all paying homage to her cultural and visual heritage.

House & Garden • Midnight Writer • Baby Doll

“My first vocabulary was visual, not verbal, and it is this earliest vocabulary which continues to inform and enrich the mixed-media elements in my work.”

Getaway Gown • Supermodel • Always a Bridesmaid

Kathleen creates her work like a seamstress, cutting patterns and using wire thread to ‘sew’ the galvanized sheet-metal bodices, which eventually rust to look like soft suede. She also casts her glass sculpture using fabric covered form, some in solid glass, some hollow to let the light through, whereas some are painted.

She has created a large body of work and I had difficulty choosing which images to show and chose to show principally the work that features buttons but do go and check out the rest of her work here.

Crystal Ball Gown • Prose Path • Mariposa

“I incorporate found and self-made pieces of crocheted textiles into my work as metaphors for the particular patterns of my native Southern culture. Of specific interest to me, is how these pieces of traditional handwork transcend the mere decorative by creating evocative domestic icons, powerful and often innocently ironic.”

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Categories assemblage art, button art, buttons, kathleen holmes

>Kites and Blustery days

23 Jan

It’s blusterly enough to get the kite out today – wouldn’t it be lovely to see this fly?

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Do go see Bridgette’s photostream on Flickr – she has some wonderful little button creations!

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Categories button art, buttons, flickr, kite

>Fulvio Bonavia Photography

22 Jan

I am a graphic designer by trade and having worked in design & marketing for over 20 years, one of my favourite mediums is advertising – I love nothing better than clever advertising. These photo’s for Perlana washing liquid, by award winning Italian photographer Fulvio Bonavia tick all the boxes for stylish clever advertising – don’t you love how a strategically placed button can bring the whole image alive?