Button Art IV

From simple projects to very detailed and intricate images; buttons lend themselves very well for all of them. Yes, a work of art like this will take more time then others, but the result is well worth it.

I can see how finding an example of what you would want to create and printing it out could work as either a template, or give you a good starting off point. It could serve as a guide for your creation.

For a statue like this deer, I can imagine you would first need to make a foundation to adhere the buttons on. A Styrofoam, or handmade paper mache form can function as a basis for a project like this.

Another option would be to cut the form out of fabric, sew it together and stuff it. After having mounted it on a sturdy base, the buttons could be sewn on by hand.

In case the object would have the tendency to fall over, you could put a stick inside the object, before mounting it. The latter might not be a bad idea anyway: better safe, then sorry.

I love this topiary; I made something like this with squares cut out of fabric and stuck in to a Styrofoam ball. I actually like the button (and shell) idea better, because the buttons are glued on and the risk of the Styrofoam falling apart, due to pushing in the fabric too close together, is entirely eliminated.

This project done with buttons also gives more options: you can use larger buttons at first and glue smaller ones, or beads for that matter, on top of them.

Button art has so many possibilities and applications. In case you are about to throw out some old clothes; take off the buttons first and reuse them for an artistic creation!