Confounded by buttons
I have thousands of buttons that I want to use to create some paintings, that part is great. What isn’t great is that I am hindered by the lack of a subject. I’ve thought about how we have become so disconnected from our clothes and their manufacture. I was reminded of this while looking at an old photography of my grandmother darning a sock. I’ve considered also the history of textiles and it’s relationship to women, but am I right to tackle that? I do have one image in mind that I will likely do to help develop how I will use the buttons and the amount of effort required, which I suspect will be considerable.
