I went to check out BUTTONMANIA at G+ Gallery this afternoon where we had some 1″ collaged buttons on display.

The wall of many butts.

It was pretty cool to see what other artists had done.  Buttons have become such a commonplace fashion accessory and we make and see so many of our own every day, so it was interesting to see buttons used by artists as a medium and to be able to just step back for a second and appreciate them as individual pieces. My favorites were the one-of-a-kind buttons that were either hand drawn/painted or were made from an original piece of art.

Our collaged buttons!

Couldn’t leave empty handed…

Our purchses: birdies by Iris Lee
creepy/manga/monster buttons by Howie Tsui
chinese opera face by Xu Han

BUTTONMANIA will continue to run until December 27th. If you want to check it out it’s at G+ Gallery (50 Gladstone Ave, Toronto) and the gallery is open Wed-Sun (1-6pm).