The plastic. The metal. The shell.
The sew-through. The shank.
The silver. The pearlescent. The green. The blue….

Let me take you a button lower…

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A selection of circular, plastic sew-through buttons. From the collection.

As a child, I constantly re-organized my collection of buttons.

By color: black, brown, tan, cream, white, marbled, metallic, multicolor, etc.
By shape: circular, oblong, polygonal, spherical, odd.
By type: sew-through two-hole, sew-through four-hole, shank, covered, toggle.
By material: plastic, wood, bone, rubber, leather, metal, fabric, glass.
By curve: concave, convex, flat.
By edge: rounded, beveled, flat.
By amount of same items: single buttons, pairs, triples, fours, fives, sixes, etc…

Peter Keller detail from the Bauhaus retrospective at the MOMA.
Quick gallery sketch reproduced later in vector.

“Back in the good old days when dancing meant exploding
The idea was simple for a decent overloading”–Bauhaus

A little prop work (the book jacket for the “American to English Dictionary”) for a British independent short called “Oxford Dons“. Highly entertaining.

Image links to part one (of two) on YouTube.

Another in a series of illustrations for the sci-fi rock opera Chop Chop is currently writing (and twittering).

The talented artists of LAND need your help to finish their animation about THE FUTURE. THE FUTURE has organic pancakes made by robots and a dream machine and a roller-coaster to the moon. Another reason to love LAND, and a great opportunity to get involved.