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Based in San Francisco, KLF is an architect, musician, avid guitar collector and random artist. He draws inspiration from industrial design, product design, architecture, and art found in unexpected places.
He created the compass artwork and provided blueprints for the December 2010 issue:
Mason, along with his wife Serena, have brightened up the Outer Sunset with the General Store.
His work, "From Branch to Beach," is featured in the April 2011 issue:
Serena Mitnik-Miller is an artist, designer, photographer, and curator living and working in the Outer Sunset district of San Francisco. Serena's paintings are created by hand using watercolor pigment on paper. She is also one of the owners of the General Store, and if you’re lucky, you can pick up one of her gorgeous prints there.
Her work is featured in the November 2010, December 2011, December 2012 and April 2013 issues:
artist photo credit: Andrew Paynter
Travis Browning is a tattoo artist in Madison, Wisconsin.
His work is featured in the January 2012 issue:
Rae Dunn draws inspiration from the earth and finds beauty in simple shapes, natural forms, and found objects. She discovered clay in 1994, and currently has a line of wares that is sold nationwide.
Check out the cute Wilma Birthday Card (featured in the July 2012 issue of Button Club) plus more, at Rae’s etsy shop.
Her work is featured in several issues:
Inspiring a sense of place and feeling, Susan Wickstrand's multi-media art is a feast for the senses. You can almost feel the sea spray on your face when viewing one of her ocean inspired collages.
Her work is featured in the March 2011 and March 2012 issues of Button Club:
Wickstrand has been chosen by Rip Curl as Artist of the Search for 2012, which means you can also find her beautiful art on their bikini’s, board shorts, luggage and apparel.
Source of inspiration: Mother Nature & Love
Three adjectives that describe your art: Fun, Layered, Subtext
Favorite creative tool: Encaustic aka: WAX
Favorite snack: Tamari Almonds
Favorite toy (now or as a kid): iPhone Camera Apps
Favorite creative gig: Working for Rip Curl as their next "Artist of The Search", bikinis, board shorts, dresses, T's, Tanks, Flip Flops and even luggage with my artwork are due to hit stores Spring 2012!
Dog or Cat? Woof!
What music are you listening to right now? Pandora, Steel Pulse station
If you could be any character in fiction, whom would you be and why? Emma. She had quite the social life (I'm a closet Jane Austin junkie).
What's the strangest thing you've ever seen? Recently, the Sugar Loaf mountains in Rio, Brazil on a trip with Rip Curl.
Albert Campbell uses his considerable talents as a graphic designer and photographer to create "stock" images that are anything but ordinary. After getting his BFA in Graphic Design from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, he returned to his home town of Los Angeles. He has been a prolific Button Club contributor, including the very first edition, Lucky 7.
Source of inspiration: Passport stamps
Three adjectives that describe your art: Stampy, grungy, old stylie
Favorite creative tool: Pilot Rolling Pen
Favorite snack: Cheez-Its
Favorite toy (now or as a kid): Robotech Veritech Fighter
Favorite creative gig: Stock Artwork
Dog or Cat? Dog
What music are you listening to right now? Paolo Conte
If you could be any character in fiction, whom would you be and why? Luke Skywalker because the force was strong with him.
What's the strangest thing you've ever seen? The Bastard Sons of Lee Marvin parade group
Favorite mythical creature: Loch Ness Monster
What are you working on right now? New Years Eve landmark passport style stamps
Check out one of the many Button Club issues that feature Albert as a guest artist:
Jesse Acosta was born in Baldwin Park, California in 1982. Four years later he was kidnapped by a pack of wild Sasquatch and forced to live in Spokane, Washington. He has been there ever since, drawing comics and painting. Aside from art, he is an avid backgammon player and tea aficionado. Jesse spends too much money collecting obscure movies and vintage Mexican comic books.
His work is featured in the June 2012 issue:
Source of inspiration: I love old movies, radio shows, 80s cartoons, and comic books. They have such a fun vibe, it’s hard not to be inspired by those alone. I’m also always excited to do unique art commissions for people, what they bring to me is generally a fun point of inspiration I can run with. I also love giving them the final work and seeing their expressions.
Favorite creative tool: Mechanical pencil
Favorite snack: Takis
Favorite toy (now or as a kid): Masters of the Universe Battle Armor Skeletor
Favorite creative gig: I love doing comic conventions. There’s a big thrill in meeting others who are excited about shared passions.
Dog or Cat? Dog. I own a 12 year old Shelty named Ashley, and she’s a huge part of my life.
What music are you listening to right now? Rodrigo y Gabriela has been playing on loop on my iPod for a few weeks now.
If you could be any character in fiction, whom would you be and why? Either the nameless time traveler from HG Well’s Time Machine or Spider-man 2099 from Marvel Comics. Super powers rival a time machine that could be used for historic research and science!
What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever seen? I work at a hospital, and many times I have to run specimens to the lab, and oh boy I’ve seen weird stuff. It’s very surreal to be carrying someone’s removed organ in a jar.
Favorite mythical creature: Quetzacoatl, a feathery dragon serpent sounds so cool. It also makes you wonder, because now paleontologists are saying many dinosaurs would have had feathers. Something to think about indeed!
Any button stories? I have an old army messenger bag I take with me whenever I’m drawing on the go, and it is littered with buttons. Some of my favorite buttons on the bag are Creature from the Black Lagoon, Grandpa Munster, and another button that says “Hecho en California.” Buttons are a fun way to promote and trade with friends. People always comment when they see the display of buttons on the bag, it’s a great conversation starter.
Upcoming Projects: Jesse will be at the Little Con of Horrors Halloween & Comic Show October 28, 2012 at Spokane Community College in Spokane, WA. He’s currently working on a couple mini comics for that and future events. He also has Emerald City Comicon (March 2013) in Seattle, WA on his tentative schedule.
Kristin Farr is an incredibly talented artist whose bold and colorful style is a delight!
Her work is featured in these issues of Button Club:
Kristin also interviews artists for KQED. We turned the tables on her and were rewarded with a visual cornucopia.
Three adjectives that describe your art: Neon, rainbow, magic.
Favorite snack:
Favorite toy (now or as a kid):
Favorite creative gig(s): Painting and interviewing other artists.
What music are you listening to right now?
If you could be any character in fiction, whom would you be?
Latest Project: vimeo.com/30596079
StylishHome has selected the set of 1940's vintage china that I have for sale on Etsy to be featured in their Summer Wedding Catalog.
The catalog showcases Etsy sellers, and is worth a look, even if you're not planning a wedding. There are many sweet, one-of-a-kind finds in here!
The featured set is a gorgeous 72 piece dining set of vintage Bavarian fine china. In excellent condition, and beautifully detailed with floral pattern, hand painted accents, gold trim, and scalloped edges. Elegant and sweet with little flowers in pink, purple, blue, yellow, orange and green. You can see the full listing here.
Judd Nelson is a bad boy with a message in the movie The Breakfast Club. You can now sport a "Not Saved" button, just like Bender, on your short black mesh fingerless gloves. This 80s style is timeless, and perfect for a Halloween costume.
The movie is chock-full of good lines. See the entire Breakfast Club collection of buttons and magnets!
