I love the look of thread covered buttons, and they are totally period for the 16th century. I hate, I mean HATE, making thread covered buttons. I also don't want to spend an arm and a leg in shipping costs to get really good period buttons from the UK because, well this is a hobby and my money needs to go to real life costs. So I set a goal to make some buttons that I and the folks I do my hobbies with could use. I looked through artwork and used some creative license to make up a few trial buttons.
What we've got from top around clockwise is a simple round, a flower bud (first ever work by my wife Heather, which I think is pretty awesome), pyramid, lobed cone, and a faceted one, that kind of looks like a lamp post. I need to get some more molding materials on order but when I do I'm going to give these a go.
Chris-
ReplyDeleteWhat are these made from? I do not blame you for avoiding the rounded 16th century thread buttons. They're a tangled mess just waiting to happen.
-Chole
These are sculpey modeling clay right now. I'll be using these as masters for molds so I can do pewter ones.
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