In this body of work, Button looks at the apparatus utlisied by archaeologists in order to asses the scale and orientation of finds at a site, prior to extraction from their inital position.

These scaling devices, taken out of context from contemporary methods of measurment, are configured to the lengths of the artists hands, individual digits and knuckles.








Vanity Tray
Flint, acrylic, contact adhesive, steel.
14x27x4cm.
2022.











Microliths
Aluminium, flint, ripstop parachute silk, tracing paper, steel.
9x20x5cm.
2022.













Hammerstone
Aluminium, granite, birch plywood, tracing paper.
56x48x6cm.
2022.













North Arrow
Aluminium, plastercine.
9x8x5.5cm.
2022.

Mounted in relation to the aluminium measures are flint blades and granite hammerstones, tools fabricated from found stone across the south coast of England. These replicas of Neolithic early stone tools, were manufactured by the artist. Utilising the same process of knapping to produce cores, flakes and microliths, these raw forms can then be further processed into blades and scrapers.