sterlingsilver, glass watch plate, vintage buttons
The tradition of collecting andtreasuring the button, as an aspect of our past, has been created in a form that merges bothhistorical and contemporary art practices. Through the fabrication of a functional sterling silver button, thehistorical buttons placed inside the silver button become objects in acollection to be admired for their aesthetic, mechanical, and technologicalaspects. The collection of buttonsportrayed in the sterling silver button represents a historical collection ofstories that have been embraced in the past and are now being embraced anddisplayed in the present.