It is a project Harlem-based artist Beau McCall has been working on for three months. He created a giant, colorful version of the old 45-rpm record adapter, made from hundreds of buttons.
For McCall, buttons have been his material of choice for his creations for more than 35 years.
“The button is interesting and fascinating because there are hundreds of thousands of buttons over the world. So from project to project, I never use the same button. So it keeps it very interesting,” McCall said.
For obvious reasons, McCall is known as the “Button Man.” He has also been called “Sir Buttons,” “Count Buttons” or just “Beau.”
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