11 April 2013

Artist Uses Buttons To Recreate Mona Lisa Portrait And More...

Artist Augusto Esquivel uses hundreds of thousands of buttons to create each of his unique pieces. Each is painted individually and then left to dry before being hung from a clear shelf at the correct height.



The process of making the pieces of art begins with making an arcylic box with thousands of holes in, from which the buttons can hang. He then painstakingly paints each single button and waits for them to dry before hanging them precisely in place.

Augusto, 36, from Miami, US, said: 'I like the idea of something that looks solid and heavy but is actually light and inconsistent to the touch.
 
'The technique is always in development, it is always changing and it takes me some time to make each one look decent. 'I have always loved buttons for some unknown reason, and I keep discovering so much history behind them, it is really fascinating.





Source: Daily Mail

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