Picture+Frame+Object+Design

For a while, I was really interesting in using buttons to create art; so originally, the idea for this picture frame was to completely cover it in buttons. When it came time to begin working on the manufacturing of the frame, the idea of using bottle-caps came up and seemed more interesting than the previously mentioned button art. I gathered up some bottle-caps- enough to cover the frames interior- and found a creamy colored spray paint. After coating the caps with the creamy color (and allowing drying time), I used a putty-like glue to fasten the caps to the frame. At this point the frame looked cool, but I just didn't scream 'Finished'. I discussed my worry of the project ending up looking like Macaroni art with my teacher, who assured me that it wasn't going to look like a Kindergartener had composed it, and then made me brainstorm what I could do to give the piece more variety. I told her that I really wanted to use buttons, and she told me that putting buttons in the spaces that had been left would help create variety. I put buttons on the frame, but my piece still wasn't complete. Alone, both the caps and the buttons worked on the frame, but together they were not unified. In order to bring the two materials together, I looked in magazines and made circle templates out of images that I liked. Then, using Mod-Podge I put the circle templates on top of a few bottle caps. The addition of the circle templates helped create unity throughout the picture frame, and finally my piece was screaming, 'Finished'.