Lesley Turner

Lesley Turner

Victoria, BC

Lesley Turner has a full time art practice and exhibits across Canada, and the USA. She stitches textiles by hand and machine.

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Idiom: On the Button by Lesley Turner Image: Lesley Turner, 'Idiom: On the Button', 2020, 9"x9". Cotton shirt cuff, plastic buttons, bedsheet, polyester thread. This English idiom 'On the button' means getting something exactly right.
Lesley Turner, 'Idiom: On the Button', 2020, 9"x9". Cotton shirt cuff, plastic buttons, bedsheet, polyester thread. This English idiom 'On the button' means getting something exactly right.

Idiom: On the Button

  • Men's cotton shirt, polyester thread, bed sheet
  • 9 x 9 x 0.5 in
  • C$75
  • Lesley Turner
  • Available
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The English idiom ‘On the Button’ means getting something exactly right. It may have originated from a boxing term where an opponent is hit squarely on the chin.

  • Subject Matter: Launder
  • Collections: Launder

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