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Find Portland Pins at:
- the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square. Portland, ME)
- Pinecone + Chickadee (6 Free St. Portland, ME)
- Hello Hello (formerly Rock City Books - 316 Main St. Rockland, ME)
- The Oak + The Ax (140 Main St. Biddeford, ME)
The Portland Pins Project was created in 2009 by Bryan Bruchman (HillyTown) and Kris Johnsen (Emblem Studio) in Portland, Maine. We ask local artists to submit their own hand-made designs for 1" buttons that are sold in gumball machines!Categories
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Mail in your Pins!
You can mail in your Portland Pins if you dont live in the Portland area, or cant get to one of our drop off boxes, located at SPACE Gallery, Eli-Phant and The Art Mart. You can download a template in … Continue reading
Portland Pins at Shop-A-Do!
Portland Pins we be at Shop-A-Do! this year, which falls on Dec. 4th and 5th at SPACE Gallery (538 Congess St.) in Portland. Come say hi, there will be new buttons as well as prints, posters and clothes at our … Continue reading
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Tagged clothes, emblem studio, maine, pins, portland, portland pins, posters, shop-a-do!, space gallery
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Portland Pins at Find
Go get your Portland Pins at Find, at 16 Free St. in Portland, Maine! Meet the owner of the store Laura Ker, pictured above holding a Bryan Bruchman original pin out of our machine.
How to make a button!!!
Here’s a simple little video about how 1 inch buttons are made!
Posted in Vintage
Tagged buttons, how to make a button, making, portland pins, video
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Bryan Bruchman
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Tagged 1 inch pins, Bryan Bruchman, custom pins, design, drawing, maine, pins, portland, portland pins, template
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Bryan Bruchman
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Bryan Bruchman
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News Article from The Portland Daily Sun
Just in case you missed the issue of The Portland Daily Sun that came out a few months ago around Picnic time. Here it is! Local music and art? It’s a Picnic in Portland Anyone thinking that making art and … Continue reading
Photos from Pin making session
A while ago myself and Bryan had a pin making session where we created packaging for a 4 pack of pins, these are all hand drawn and will be available for the first time since Picnic, at Shop-A-Do at SPACE … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 inch pins, Bryan Bruchman, drawings, kris johnsen, portland pins, template
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