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- Kincaid, Simone
- Journeay, Joy
- Ivanov, Vlad (Golem)
- Howells, Jocelyn
- Hoppe, Kathy
- Harkes, Fran
- Hanson, Laurie
GINA BARRETT
OFFERINGS
Textile button-making books, kits, tools and materials.
Bespoke buttons for costumes and other items.
Studio buttons for collectors as and when created.
ABOUT ME
I am a textile artist and author best known for my buttons.
I have created buttons and trimmings for museums, television, film, and designers, producing historical reproductions and designing new items based on historical techniques. I have written books to keep these techniques alive, and enjoy teaching historic button-making techniques. I recently began creating “studio” buttons–unique buttons for collectors.
Our main website is where you will find books, kits, tools and materials to make textile buttons yourself, such as Dorset, zwirnknopf and death’s head buttons.
The bespoke website is where studio buttons will be made available, as well as examples of previous work.
https://www.gina-b.co.uk/
PREFERRED PAYMENT FORM: PayPal or Stripe
SHIPPING: All countries, inquire.
LOCATION: UNITED KINGDOM
JOAN BAZZEL
OFFERINGS:
No-harm-done button jewelry and artist studio buttons
ABOUT ME:
I’m Joan Bazzel and here is the link to my shop:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/bazzelbijouxbuttons
I have been an enamellist and metalsmith for decades. I know my mediums intimately and always prioritize quality and durability no matter what I happen to be working on. All my designs; from studio buttons to heirloom button jewels, mixed media assemblages to fine cloisonné enamels, vintage brass to rhinestones, are made in my solo studio. When the muse strikes, something wonderful is bound to manifest itself! To take a look at some of my work and methods, visit my website: www.joanbazzel.com
I welcome queries about special pieces for special buttons, and I’m happy to give estimates on commissions according to your preferences. I will also consider working with you to make studio buttons. So, if you have a fabulous button that would be a lovely precious jewel, just contact me via my website, and we’ll talk.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Check or PayPal
SHIPPING: United States and Europe
LOCATION: North Carolina USA
LYNN P. BREUTZMANN
ABOUT ME
Since 1999 I’ve made high-fire ceramic buttons for collectors. Most of my buttons are NBS size large – 1 & 3/8″- 2″.
My buttons are featured on page 49 of the 2010 revised, two-volume set of “The Big Book of Buttons” by Elizabeth Hughes.
The raku fired buttons are taken from the kiln red hot (1800+ degrees!) and set in dry leaves that instantly combust, then they are covered, trapping the smokey bits inside to react with the metallic elements in the glaze.
My stoneware is fired in a gas kiln, which gives them the unique colors unlike bright ceramics. I have started to use some commercial colors, which makes it a little more exciting for me.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Check or PayPal
SHIPPING: United States and Europe
LOCATION: Wisconsin USA
KAREN COHEN
OFFERINGS:
Buttons (enamel, metal, colored pencil on copper, gourd, beaded, Temari Balls), button art, book titled Enamel Buttons, custom jewelry.
ABOUT ME:
As an enamelist for over 45 years, I have written three books on enameling. Two were how-to books for enamelists and my third is titled Enamel Buttons, An Essencial Resource for Collectors. I have always done enameling and other crafts as a professional hobby, while making my living either teaching Math or in development as a Computer Scientist. Today I am retired and make studio buttons and teach at the John C. Campbell Folk School (FolkSchool.org) both enameling and beading. I also collect enamel buttons! In addition to studio buttons and teaching, I also make jewelry, wall pieces, dolls, full size Japanese Temari Balls and more. I take commissions so contact me anytime for that special piece just for you.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Check, PayPal
SHIPPING: Without insurance shipping is $7.50 within the US. Outside the US will be evaluated when purchasing.
LOCATION: PENNSYLVANIA, USA
BRAD ELFRINK
OFFERINGS:
I am always happy to discuss commissions for special button creations. I carve a wide variety of materials and can include multiple OME, mechanical parts, etc. Just email me using the link below.
ABOUT ME:
Studio Button artist, Bakelite jewelry carver, and artist working in several mediums.
My website has not been updated for a few years. The buttons that are posted there have all been sold and now serve mainly as a sort of gallery of past work.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Venmo, Zelle, or check/money order.
LOCATION: MISSOURI, USA
ANNIE FRAZIER
OFFERINGS:
I have never met a button I didn’t like, but I just LOVE Shell buttons….OH, and 18thC and enamel and more. Besides Etsy, you can find more buttons on my Google Photo site here. Just contact me through the link below for Google purchases.
ABOUT ME:
I have been collecting and selling buttons for over 30 years and have been involved with NBS in various positions, including past president. Always happy to share my knowledge and passion for buttons with others, and continuing to learn more.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Zelle, Paypal, Check
LOCATION: FLORIDA, USA
MICHELINE GRAVEL
OFFERINGS:
Collectible buttons.
ABOUT ME:
Learning has never been so much fun! Buttons are the greatest teachers.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: via Etsy
LOCATION: ONTARIO, CANADA
LAURIE HANSON
OFFERINGS:
I am currently working with mixed materials combining my love of photography/graphics and buttons made with found objects, 3D printings, resin casting, and an eclectic mix depending on the inspiration. Currently, I am only on Facebook at this time. I will update a link to my new storefront soon.
ABOUT ME:
My Artistic Calling: As a retired wearer of many hats, and empty-nester haling from Wisconsin, in the USA, I’ve reawakened, and am wholly nurturing my right-sided brain cells by fusing two of my favorite things – a lifelong hobby of photography, and button collecting. I fondly dubbed my button-making style as ‘Buttonography’ which captures the inspiration and the inspired artwork, mounted together to tell their story. Using an eclectic variety of materials from found objects and scrap materials to custom resin cast pieces and 3D printing, my offerings are varied and continually evolving. Sometimes the button design comes first and then the imagery, and sometimes the opposite occurs. Either way, I remain focused on creating display-worthy ‘buttonography’ as my signature artform.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Paypal, Venmo, Check
SHIPPING: USA, inquire about International Shipping
LOCATION: WISCONSIN, USA
FRAN HARKES, SCOTLAND
OFFERINGS:
I make and sell polyester resin buttons that are lightweight but tough, in a variety of shapes and sizes.
ABOUT ME:
I make buttons from a shed in my garden in the Highlands of Scotland, along with my partner Steve. Steve makes the masters and the molds and does the finishing, and I do the decoration and pouring. I sell them through shops and galleries and directly to customers on my website and Etsy shop.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: PayPal for UK, via Etsy for USA
SHIPPING: Worldwide
LOCATION: SCOTLAND
KATHY HOPPE
OFFERINGS:
Glass techniques including paperweights, Bimini type, laminated glass, hand faceting, piercing, enamel decals, Fordite with glass, overlays, encrusting, fuming, blowing glass, electroforming with (copper, nickel), plus much, much more.
ABOUT ME:
I am self-taught and have never taken a class. Each day I wake up with new ideas on how to melt glass into buttons. I love experimenting and trying to reproduce different techniques used both now and 200 years ago. My obsession with glass started back in 2000 after visiting Czechoslovakia several times for research on my book, Buttons Beyond the Glass Curtain. Since then I have not stopped thinking about glass and how it works or doesn’t work. The saying goes, “Glass has a mind of its own.”
REFERRED PAYMENT: via Etsy
LOCATION: WISCONSIN, USA
JOCELYN HOWELLS
buttonjoss@aol.com
OFFERINGS:
BOOK: Plastic Buttons: How to Identify Using All Six Senses
BOOK: Button Materials A-Z: Identification Guide
ABOUT ME:
Founder of the World Button Association. Button collector, researcher, teacher, speaker, writer since 1989. Button judge since 1990 at state and national levels. Oregon State Button Society Chair of Classification and Judges 15 years and president 4 years; president of the Portland Button Club 4 years. National Button Society: Director 3 years; Div. III Chair for 8+ years; member of Classification Committee for 8+ years. Founding Co-chair of the Western Regional Button Association. Chair of Judges for Idaho State Button Society 2006. Chaired NBS committee to revise the synthetic polymers classification system and co-authored their Synthetic Polymers Handbook. Author of Plastic Buttons: How to Identify Using All Six Senses and Button Materials A-Z: Identification Guide. Co-author of Clear and Colored Glass Buttons—A Handbook for Collectors.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Check
LOCATION: OREGON, USA
VLADISLAV IVANOV
GOLEM DESIGN STUDIO OFFERINGS:
1. Handmade ceramic buttons, based on the designs of our ceramic pendants (check the Special Order area of our website for our full catalogue.
2. Unique Art & Leisure retreats in Bulgaria for all the fans of our work.
You can learn more about the retreats on my Retreat Website.
ABOUT ME:
We are Vladislav Ivanov and Kremena Ivanova — an artist family based in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. In 2000, we officially founded Golem Design Studio, turning our shared passion into a full-time artistic venture.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: PayPal
SHIPPING: We ship worldwide.
LOCATION: BULGARIA
JOY JOURNEAY
OFFERINGS: BUTTONS, wires, uniform (new, vintage, antique & studio)
Click the LINK above to see hundreds of buttons in folders. Open any button image and move forward or back through the folder. Email me with questions or orders. I gladly hold a stash for buyers. (The cat face button at left is one of my painted studio buttons.
ABOUT ME:
I have been collecting buttons and volunteering in local, regional and national button associations for 35 years. I was fortunate to acquire the sales stock of a beloved USA dealer and am preparing the buttons for sales online. I do take requests and will try to post buttons in the categories you wish to shop!
If you are interested in my book, IS IT LACY GLASS, AN EXPLORATION OF SURFACE & DESIGN, visit cbweiser.com
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Zelle, Check, PayPal
SHIPPING: Worldwide
LOCATION: ALASKA, USA
SIMONE KINCAID
OFFERINGS:
Buttons and buckles of all types and a variety of books, and publications. Full trays of black, clear and colored glass of all types and ages (especially moonglows, DIGS, CZECH), vegetable ivory, celluloids, synthetic polymers, Bakelite, casein, chinas, wood, pearl and shell, fabrics, and a large variety of pewter buttons.
I also have studio buttons, a large selection of modern faux jasperware, satsumas, Yasuko Oiye ceramics, steels, brass, uniform buttons, RSBs, Colts, and much more.
Special button requests accepted. Keep checking back as I will be adding new cards of individually priced buttons weekly.
ABOUT ME:
I have been collecting buttons for over 50 years and there are not many buttons I do not have or have not collected. I have studied, celluloid, synthetic polymers, natural materials (compositions, horn, bone, ivory, gemstones, vegetable ivory), fabrics, uniform, black and clear and colored glass and pearl and shell extensively. I am always available to answer questions.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Zelle, Venmo and check.
SHIPPING: US & Worldwide
LOCATION: IDAHO, USA
HELENE PLANK
OFFERINGS:
Hand sewn button mosaics.
ABOUT ME:
Using discarded buttons, these mosaics recycle their value and purpose, and rival even the most detail-oriented painters and artisans. The mosaic images are comprised of hundreds of buttons and thousands of beads. Each is hand sewn, not glued, onto the canvas and demonstrates an understanding of composition and color theory while keeping the tradition of hand-sewing alive. Pushing the boundaries of folk and traditional art, Helene’s mosaics are influenced by the optical blending of artist Georges Seurat. She uses buttons as her palette, and a needle and thread as her paint brush. Helene has been mentoring and teaching locally and nationally via the internet, sharing and encouraging button lovers and collectors. To see more of her work, visit her Facebook page, “All Buttoned Up By Helene Plank.” Send me an email if you wish to purchase one of these artworks.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Check
LOCATION: NEW JERSEY, USA
JON SAUER
OFFERINGS:
One of a kind buttons made of various materials which include Wood, Nuts, Acrylic, Polymmer Clay, Shargreen, Bone and other materials.
Check out Jon’s buttons on Instagram under Sauerbuttons.
ABOUT ME:
As a self-taught lathe turner, my passion for wood turning started at an early age, I now find joy and satisfaction taking a raw material, changing its shape, and seeing a new form evolve. I find a special joy in making buttons and spinning tops, perhaps because my philosophy is that play is good and life is about having a bit of fun.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: PayPal
SHIPPING: I will happily ship around the world. Inquire for rates.
LOCATION: CALIFORNIA, USA
UWASHIGE KAORI
香織 上茂
OFFERINGS:
A part of my button collection — mainly plastic buttons.
Many of them are made in Japan.
ABOUT ME:
I am a Japanese button collector.
I collect and sell plastic buttons from both Japan and abroad.
In addition, I hand-dye white plastic buttons myself and sell them as original, hand-dyed buttons.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Purchase through my website or via PayPal.
SHIPPING: Basically, I can only ship to the countries supported by my website. If you are from another country, please contact me for consultation.
LOCATION: JAPAN
CONNIE WEISER
OFFERINGS:
We have over 7,000 + buttons on our website. You can also purchase via Etsy (cbweiser.etsy.com). We also sell button mounting supplies, cards, and frames. We have the latest books out and out-of-print books.
ABOUT ME:
We have been a USA dealer for over 29 years.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Check, money order, PayPal, Credit Cards, Zelle
SHIPPING: I will happily ship around the world. Shipping for button orders is $6.00 for any quantity in the continental USA.
Supplies and reference books shipping costs will vary.
Handling Charge for supplies is between $4 to $6.
We guarantee everything we sell.
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We have gift certificates in any amount.
LOCATION: OHIO, USA
DIANA WIELER
OFFERINGS:
I offer enamel buttons, using the cloisonne and Limoges techniques, and also leather buttons. Leather comes in two categories: Leather mosaic and tooled leather.
ABOUT ME
Although I’ve spent many years in the arts, I’ve been enameling since 2010, and creating buttons since that time.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Paypal and North American cheques
SHIPPING: I will happily ship around the world.
LOCATION: CANADA
ELAINE WILLIAMSON
HOUSE OF BUTTONS
Since 1994, fantastic antique and collectible buttons have been available in our monthly Shop offerings and our Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn auctions! Auctions includes 300 lots from fine collections and discerning consignors from all corners of the globe.
Both venues are fun and exciting means of enhancing your collection. We offer a newsletter and auction catalogs.
ABOUT ME: Elaine Williamson, Armchair Auctions proprietor, is a Life member of the National Button Society, member of the Kansas State Button Society, Colorado State Button Society, Midwest Regional Button Association, World Button Association, plus a dealer at the NBS show and frequent state shows.
PREFERRED PAYMENT: Paypal, credit cards, etc.
SHIPPING: Contact me for unique shipping needs.
LOCATION: KANSAS, USA