Upright Piano made of 30,000 b&w buttons! Sculptor Augusto Esquivel’s made Upright Piano using 30,000 black and white sewing buttons! Some thoughts from the sculptor: I realize how insignificant and small a simple sewing button can be as it lays in my grandmother’s sewing box, but at the same time how unique and precious it can become as part of a work of art. Like an atom in a molecule, each button serves and shapes the whole. I hold the button to my ear and it whispers to me, ‘I want to be…..’ Watch this video for a closer look at the button piano.
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Upright Piano made of 30,000 b&w buttons!

Sculptor Augusto Esquivel’s made Upright Piano using 30,000 black and white sewing buttons!

Some thoughts from the sculptor:

I realize how insignificant and small a simple sewing button can be as it lays in my grandmother’s sewing box, but at the same time how unique and precious it can become as part of a work of art. Like an atom in a molecule, each button serves and shapes the whole. I hold the button to my ear and it whispers to me, ‘I want to be…..’

Watch this video for a closer look at the button piano.

Source: mymodernmet.com

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