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A COLLECTION OF PINS/BUTTONS...
this is (some of) my pin collection...
click on the pins to open up a text blurb about each one. mostly just personal anecdotes.
(only the left side of the jacket has working blurbs as of dec/25 - check back for updates...)
current pin count: 19/???
TART!
an illustrated pin of a smiling cartoon lemon and bubble text of the word "tart" on a pale pink background. i stole this from the gift
shop of the art gallery of ontario (sorry?)
CHERRY <3
cartoonishly illustrated red cherries on a solid blue background. stolen from the AGO gift shop (years ago when i was a youth, pls don't
snitch on me)
POLICE PROTECT PEOPLE...
blue text reads "police protect people" on a white background. this pin is fastened upside down to help obscure the text as it means
nothing to me (yet i insist on wearing it...)
EGAL
a red pin with the word EGAL in white, encircled with a white line. i got this in germany. my partner (at the time) who i was visitng
there explained the meaning of "egal" and "egalitarianism" to me in english. i feel as if it has much more impact in german than i could ever
attempt to re-explain a decade down the line.
Z
Z
SNAKE
an illustrated blue-green snake's head with it's red tongue flicking out on a yellow-ish background. a kind textile artist gave me this -
it is made from scrap fabric!
grey...
a solid dark grey pin. on closer inspection, this one is a small piece of grey scrap fabric pressed into a button, given to me by a very
lovely textile artist
AVIS - WE TRY HARDER!
red text reads "We try harder" on a white background. i found this pin in at a bookshop's section of vintage postcards and pins.
i liked the simplicity, but didn't know the historical context until a man i was chatting with complimented it specifically. he worked for a car dealership
in the 80s while this promotional campaign was running...nostalgia?
TART!
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