Pin-back button
→ October 2023
→ Metal pin-back button, inkjet on 20# bond
→ 2″ diameter
→ Collaboration with Brenden Blue (KCAI ‘25, Animation)
Inspired by Maya Angelou’s “Human Family”, this button serves as a reminder that everyone deserves compassion and respect, no matter our differences. This 2 inch metal button was hand-made using steel button blanks and a printed design (inkjet on bond paper).
The letterforms making up the button’s text are noticeably different across the design. To source the text, peers were asked to write their own names inside a notebook with either black or pink mark-making tools. In exchange for their participation, collaborators were promised a finished button. The names were then scanned digitally and then rearranged to re-write the infamous line from Angelou’s poem. The design was digitally composed using layers of scanned paper textures before being printed for button construction.
→ October 2023
→ Metal pin-back button, inkjet on 20# bond
→ 2″ diameter
→ Collaboration with Brenden Blue (KCAI ‘25, Animation)
Inspired by Maya Angelou’s “Human Family”, this button serves as a reminder that everyone deserves compassion and respect, no matter our differences. This 2 inch metal button was hand-made using steel button blanks and a printed design (inkjet on bond paper).
The letterforms making up the button’s text are noticeably different across the design. To source the text, peers were asked to write their own names inside a notebook with either black or pink mark-making tools. In exchange for their participation, collaborators were promised a finished button. The names were then scanned digitally and then rearranged to re-write the infamous line from Angelou’s poem. The design was digitally composed using layers of scanned paper textures before being printed for button construction.
