There is a lot of art out there that I just don’t understand. Trash piled in a certain way to represent the human condition. Splatters on a canvas that’s supposed to be a child playing with her dog, abstract things of that nature. Even Picasso is a bit of a stretch for me at times. That is why I’m so excited when I find something that is a bit unusual that I enjoy! Check out these awesome sculptures made from suspended buttons. I especially love the button art piano. I just want to sit down and play a little something. I especially love the fact that it has the sustain pedals at the bottom! Now I don’t know if it’s saying something that my little Princess also came up and gave it an appreciative “Wow!”. Maybe I need to start broadening my horizons, but until then, I’ll just enjoy what I enjoy and hope you do as well.
Miami-based artist Augusto Esquivel creates incredible sculptures from thousands and thousands of sewing buttons. The artist carefully places these newly found tiny multi-colored art materials on a fishing line and builds magnificent artworks. Esquivel has already made quite a few of them, including a piano, a harp, a gramophone, a fire extinguisher and many more.
Augusto says that a simple sewing button may seem insignificant and small when it lays in a grandma’s sewing box, but at the same time it can be very unique and valuable as a part of an artwork. Augusto’s work can be compared to the molecule’s structure- like small atoms, buttons come together in unity and create brilliant art pieces.
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