Dalton Stevens – The Button King

NEW YORK: Dalton Stevens, from Bishopville, South Carolina, has earned the title of ‘Button King’ after he spent 15 years stitching and gluing thousands of buttons on all different of objects.

The Button King’s story began one night in 1983, when his insomnia prevented him from falling asleep. So he had to find something to pass the time. Searching through his old things, he found an old denim jumpsuit and started sewing buttons on it. Two years and ten months later, Dalton was still a chronic insomniac, but his jumpsuit was covered with 16,333 buttons and weighed 16 pounds.

Even after completing his button tracksuit, Stevens kept attaching thousands of buttons on various stuff. He glued 3,005 buttons on his guitar and 517 buttons on his shoes. His banjo, piano and his 1983 Chevette soon followed, and before long, his unique occupation grabbed the attention of the media.


In 2008, Dalton Stevens opened his Button Museum, where all his button masterpieces are set on display for everyone to see. Here you’ll see his famous Chevette, covered with 150,000 buttons, a hearse donated by a local funeral home, covered with 600,000 buttons , two button-covered coffins, a public out house covered with buttons, and many other artworks he has created over the years.