My Proposal

My Button Collection

I intend to create visually interesting buttons using collage, including tissue paper fabrics, photographs etc. Easily put together using my scanner and lots of materials. I haven’t decided on how to display these pieces of work yet but I may use my collection of buttons to mosaic frames for them, but not using glass as I would want people to be able to touch my work as it will have texture to it.  The buttons will be enlarged to about A4 and I intend to create a fair few of them as they will all be individual and different but also work together to look good.

I have decided to do this as I love collage and want to experiment more with this. I have chosen buttons as they are a simple collection but I have found so much you can do with them from work on mass to create images from them to making work about them and how you can make interesting textured layers and easily cut it into the shape of the button, it has been perfect for the experiments I have been wanting to do. I started off the project with my collection of pictures frames so I think it would be nice to bring that back in the end and be a perfect way of displaying my work.

I hope to achieve work which will make people want to stop and look and touch it. I want it to be pleasing to the eye but also to make people stop and think about the way it has been created. I love this style of work and children’s illustrations so my work is usually aimed at children, this one is too but I would like a wide range of ages to enjoy my work.

I will need to collect more buttons for a start, to play with and if I wish to use them to mosaic frames. I will also have to experiment with the materials I have for this project which I am doing now. I will create many mixed media versions of the buttons as experimentation work and then create more based on the ones I like or choose the ones I like for my final pieces. I will then use the frames to display my work and see if they work together. If they don’t I will have to find another way.