These kinda remind me of NYC subway tokens.
Some of you will know more about these than me. Juan, you for one have sure seen your share of the shirts & jackets these buttons went on. These are just some of the old workwear buttons acquired by Jared at The LEVIS Tailor Shop. Below I've listed some of the names on these buttons:
Standard Brand, Big Yank, The Gem, M.Nusbaum Marville MO., Nation Wide, Katz Brand, Our Own Make, Eleto, Sweet Orr, For Gentlemen, PayDay, Macdonald & Campbell, P.B.Co., Signal Overall, GEO Floyd Philla., Van Wert Excolsior, Shippensburg Rummel Himes & Co., Myers & Rathfon, Carter's, Depams, Uncle Sam, Eckhart
Kurt hit me up a while back and we have been exchanging emails and pleasantries ever since. He very humbly wrote telling me he enjoys drawing the characters on my site. I figured someone who enjoys my subjects and their kits as mush as I do must be cool. Then the mail arrived
Dont be nosy, no reason to read the letter, point is look at that chuck taylor (belonging to his girlfriend Ann who’s pretty fucking rad herself!)
The sketches are exactly what I wish I could doodle!
On his most recent drawing trip to New York (he brings his students along!) to meet with some illustrators and artists/designers I had the honor of finally meeting Kurt. In the short time we had together I flipped through 3 of the heavy books he had carried along and snapped just a few of his amazing sketches.
Not sure this fellas from my site, but he is special! Kurt is just awesome.
I searched the world wide web and found some accurate words on Kurt: Habitual sketchbook practitioner—Kurt Hollomon’s work employs the direct observational drawing style that gives his illustrations a sense of reality tempered with a quirky, spirited line. Former Mt. Rainier climbing guide, Kurt has been art director, designer and now illustrator as well as teacher of drawing and illustration at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. A modern day Magellan with a Micron or possibly Lewis or Clark in a Land Rover; bouncing towards the southern tip of Patagonia with a cheese sandwich and bottle of water tossed into a shoulder bag filled with drawing supplies… few artists have been able to capture the beauty, history, and happiness of the outdoor lifestyle as Kurt has. To discover more about Kurt, visit his website
and check this out:
I love when companies take the leftover materials at the end of the day and turn something like this out. I bought some dishes from the 70's at a fleamarket once that were the same idea. They were marbled into a multi colored mix and give it a mixed-up feel. Kinda like me every day…This jacket was made for me.
