Buttons, buttons, buttons, eyes and pints and some crochet badges.

Okay, but you probably do feel like - you made drawings and some clay figures, you made stupid washing machine, but what the hell did you sell on Be Ur Shelf Art Market?

Buttons.
(and badges but they are of much lesser importance - I'm not proud of them and they did not sell. Oh, I wonder why)


There was completely shallow, personal reason behind that - I friggin' love buttons.
And the shapes they took - well, I just really love them too! Also, they are tokens from my Micro/Macro sketchbook. It felt right to find inspiration them.
Maybe apart from the eye shape. Eyes are something which I always draw unconsciously while one the phone or talking to someone else and I finally wanted them to give some more attention.

It was a simple process. I had a plastics and 3D resources induction. I saw what a laser-cut machine is capable of. And what you could possibly use it for - and I thought - HOW ABOUT BUTTONS THEY ARE LIKE FLAT RIGHT AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE LIKE FUNNY SHAPES RIGHT - so I booked an appointment, learned how to use Adobe Illustrator (THE HORROR) and cut lots of them.

Here are some pictures of the result.

eyes and pints (I work in a pub and I like ales)

teardrops! They go well with the eyes. Buy in bulk. 

And the process of rubbing the paint into the engravings - giving a quality of a drawing into a smooth surface of a plastic - what a genius I am. Like no one ever did that before.

Below I am posting the pictures of how I delivered them to the Market itself - they needed a flat background in order to got as much attention as possible (I had an idea with pink teardrops in the back, but I've been told to it's distracting) and in the back I was selling myself - which got me a place on the Camberwell Arts Market - so I did manage to sell myself! 

Oh, and the badges, right. 

I'll post some pictures of them too.

white eyes! 

An alternative to plastic sleeves. A needle with a string included.

(badges, meh)

And that was on the back of the sleeve packaging. 

Mostly, with this project it was relieving to produce a piece, which is nice and simple, but quite attractive in visuals, therefore I am happy to announce that I sold 12 packets out of 18 - while I was so sure I am not going to sell a single button.

There was a lot of planning too - when to cut them, how to get the material, how much of each design I should have, in which colour, what should I put them in, how the packaging is supposed to look like, and how much should I charge them for. 

It was essential for me to understand that if I keep myself organised I don't suffer as much as before every deadline. 

And that I should keep records of my expenses, because I lost track somewhere after the second purchase of the materials needed and I most certainly spend more on that project that I've earned. OH WELL, JONC, THERE YOU GO, a lesson through the failure. 

Oh, and also - coming back to those useless badges - if you're not good at something (e.g. crocheting) - know that you need to practice more before you present the outcomes to the World. I sold one badge. To a friend. Doesn't count then! 

Boop.