Art Metropole

22 Oct. 2002

School of Serial Production: Button-Making

In this Series

28 Jan. 2003
School of Serial Production: Art Met Sweat Shop

10 Jun. 2003
School of Serial Production: Speaker Lab

20 Aug. 2003
School of Serial Production: West Side Stitches

h1.School of Serial Production #1: Button-Making

Art Metropole launched a new initiative on Tuesday October 22, 2002: The School of Serial Production was conceived in order to share resources, to offer equipment and suggestions, and to instill an awareness of and appreciation for multiple production and distribution.

The inaugural event in the series focused on button-making and participants were provided with collage materials, paper, office equipment, staff help, and the necessary button parts and machines for do-it-yourself button production. For the nominal fee of $4.00 individuals made 10 buttons each, 2 of which they were asked to leave behind for archival/exhibition possibilities.

This event was so popular that we plan to repeat it in Spring 2003.

Images

1: Demonstration of button-making: the tools of the trade.
2: Shinobu, master of button-making, at work.
3: Roula at work, while Matt picks up a few tips.
4: Jessica and Jordan putting their ideas to the test.
5: Source material was ripped apart in the search for appropriate imagery.
6: Roula, Matt and Shinobu survey the crowd.

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