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Laurel Burch: Artist and Button Designer
By Nancy Fink
Published: December 5, 2011
Click here to read all about an article on Laurel Burch buttons.
By Nancy Fink
Published: October 21, 2011
Click here to read all about this article inspired by Nancy Fink’s trip to Berlin and to the Brohan Museum. She went to find out about Jugenstiel but rediscovered the beautiful iris.
The art of the Japanese Netsuke
By Mona Brown
Published: September 23, 2011
Click here to read all about what a Japanese Netsuke is and how it was used.
By Maryalice Ditzler
Published: September 1, 2011
Click here to read about an ancient method of ornamentation called Niello.
Bidri - An Indian Inlay Metalwork
By Nancy Fink, Maryalice Ditzler
Published: July 27, 2011
Click here to read how in the Deccan, an area in the south center of the Indian sub-continent, metalworkers have been creating jewelry and other goods, including weapons, for centuries.
By Dawn Carstensen
Published: June 22, 2011
Click here to read how to read all about The Lucite Story—Clear and Clever.
Deccan Buttons - the style of India
By Maryalice Ditzler
Published: May 27, 2011
Click here to read about a region in India that had a long tradition of fine enamel work.
By Paige Warfield Garber, Nancy Fink
Published: April 21, 2011
Click here to read how papier-mâché—literally chewed paper in French—had its origins in China and made its way to Europe on the Silk Road.
The Amazing Tingue Glass Button
By Rebecca Lyon
Published: April 4, 2011
Click here to read how, in person, tingue buttons are alive with movement generated from their complicated construction.
The importance of china buttons finds in Briare France
By Jane Quimby
Published: February 18, 2011
Click here to read Jane further describe the Bapterosses china buttons seen in the museum, and found in the dump.
A trip to bountiful Briare in search of buttons
By Nancy Fink
Published: February 2, 2011
In October, 2010, six stalwart button collectors and one tagalong husband completed a special trip that other button collectors have made since 2005...click here to read about this trip!
Sew you've decided to collect buttons
By Pam Vasilow
Published: December, 2010
Click this link to find out how a button collector explains the basics of taking up the hobby.
Modern die-struck metal buttons
By Tom Maringer
Published: September 29, 2010
Click this link to find out how a button maker describes making brass buttons with soldered ring shanks.
Guidelines to button condition
By Mary Pat Whaley
Published: July 22, 2010
Click this link to find out more about what to buy and what not to buy.
Compulsively collecting calico china buttons
By Janet White
Published: May 17, 2010
Click this link to find out more about these sweet buttons!
By Elaine K. Baur
Published 03/15/2010
Glass swirlback buttons are often found on Victorian charm strings. Click here to find out more about these “charming” buttons!
By Linda Kelly
Published 01/20/2010
In the mid- to late 1800s, young girls collected buttons for charm strings. Click here to find out what might happen after they attached the 999th button.
By Judy Stopke
Published 12/16/2009
Garter buttons were all the rage in the Flapper Era of the 1920s. Click this link to learn more about these interesting buttons.
Button Terms Part 1
By Mary Weinberg
Published 10/10/2009
Button Terms Part 2
By Mary Weinberg
Published 11/29/2009
"Click these links to see Mary Weinberg’s list of button terms, A to Z.
By Suzanne Marsh
Published 09/21/2009
"Click this link to see many kinds of pewter buttons, including some that were made in America as early as the 18th century."
A History of Bohemian glass buttons
By Jane Johnson
Published 07/31/2009
"Click this link to see the amazing range of glass buttons produced in North Bohemia throughout the 20th century."
By Jill Gorski
Published 07/16/2009
Do you know the history of the dancing frogs rubber button? To learn more about rubber buttons, click this link.
By Pat Thomas Fields
Published 06/15/2009
Do you know the history of the fan? To see this subject pictured on beautiful buttons, and to learn the language of the fan, click this link
By Ann Abarno
Published 05/13/2009
Do you know the difference between a cornucopia and a tussie-mussie? Click this link to learn about buttons depicting talking flowers in their artful containers.
Sensational snap-together buttons
By Joan Lindsay
Published 04/20/2009
What is a snap-together button? Click this link to find out about these snappy, snazzy, colorful, and just plain fun buttons.
Collecting Eiffel Tower buttons
By Jane Quimby
Published 03/16/2009
How does a collector search out unusual button subjects? Click this link to find out about one collector's process.
By Kathleen Vocelle
Published 2/19/2009
What kinds of pictures are found on metal picture buttons of the
Victorian and Edwardian eras? Click this link to find out.
Not your grandmother's pearl buttons
By Matthew Brown
Published 2/19/2009
What kinds of shell buttons are being made for the commercial
market these days? You might be surprised. Click this link to find out.
By Kathleen J. Vocelle
Published 1/15/2009
How were Victorian black glass buttons made? How can you tell a Victorian black glass button from a modern black glass button? Click this link to find out.
By Dorothy Krugner
Published 1/15/2009
How did buttons play a role in the National Recovery Act?
Click this link to find out.
By Nancy Bank Allen
Published 1/15/2009
What are the differences between old and modern Satsuma buttons? What causes the crackling in Satsuma glaze? Click this link to find out.
By Gary Brockman
Published 1/15/2009
How was Art Deco different from every other style in art history? How did button makers apply the style? Click this link to find out.
By Lucille Weingarten
Published 1/15/2009
Why was Bakelite such a successful plastic? When and why did it disappear from commercial use? Click this link to find out.
By Jocelyn Howells
Published 1/15/2009
Which plastic dominated the design world in the years immediately following World War II …and why? Click this link to find out.
Click this link to see more!
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