To illustrate this book with a red button as the main character, I chose a mixed technique of collage, sewing and embroidery. Of course, the buttons were real!

On an MDF wood board, I made the texture with acrylic putty and painted with acrylic paint. After that, I glued buttons, fabric, loops, measuring tape, well pretty much everything you can find in a craft store. I also glued some pictures of seamstress shop counters.

This book was the winner of the 17^th “Fernando Pini” award of Graphic Excellency, in the children’s book category, in São Paulo, São Paulo, 2007.

Illustrations from this book were exposed in the 6^th “Traçando Histórias (Creating Stories)” – Children’s Literature Illustration exhibition in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 2008.

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