Golden dragon of buttons by Robin Protz

Beautiful Golden dragon of buttons by American artist Robin Protz

Golden dragon of buttons by Robin Protz. Kinetic sculpture of Nelligan the Dragon is an incredible installation of 40,000 buttons by American artist Robin Protz. She named it in memory of Maureen Nelligan, a school mate who died of leukemia at age 16. Holographic Sculpture of Nelligan the Dragon, floating in the air at hundreds of the finest threads is representing the primal forces of nature, religion and the universe.

Closeup. Golden dragon of buttons by American artist Robin Protz

I would like to think that I am not the typical American artist. I have no classical education in art other than the years I spent in the high end sales of the women’s fashion industry in Europe. My love has always been mobile art. Space and movement = life. Upon my return to the U.S., I began building my kinetic art portfolio. Serendipity is the discovery of things which we are not in quest of. My mobiles were of linear nature, my first serendipitous experience. My second intuitive realization brought the concept of creating three dimensional sculptures, consisting of thousands of minute pieces, from a suspended grid. This discovery has taken over my life.