Saturday 3 May 2014

Chapter 7. Simple button making

In this chapter I looked at making samples of 3D shapes which would make potential buttons and help me construct my own designed shapes later. I selected a range of core shapes for my buttons  and then fabrics with which to cover them

I also made some Dorset Buttons and whilst looking at traditional methods also had fun experimenting and with more unusual techniques.

In the third part of this chapter I had fun with toggles and playing with many different types of fabric and meltable materials [always wonderful]!

Simple button making first:

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And the results:

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Then Dorset buttons:

Really enjoyed this and had fun stretching the boundaries!

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Now toggles:

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Really liked these against some hand dyed fabric and because all the fabrics involved in making these are from the same dye batch the colour combinations are a joy.

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Toggles made from ‘meltable’ materials:

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I have photographed these pre-melting to demonstrate the changes the materials undergo, the first photo in each of these 3 sets are therefore taken prior to melting. The page numbers correspond with the text on the page above:

No 1:

Combination of layered materials some meltable and some not which are then zapped with a heat gun

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No. 2

Layers of meltable materials [Tyvek and metallic threads] exposed to a heat gun:

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No. 3

Layers of  Tyvek and nylon or synthetic fabrics pressed with the tip of a soldering iron:

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Time spent -  approx 21 hours

Expenditure - Soldering iron [£23.50] and Bondaweb 1 metre [£4.75]  both from Art Van Go

3 comments:

  1. Particularly like the toggles on the dyed fabric - lovely!

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  2. You've created beautiful buttons, Carrie with very subtle colors

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  3. What beautiful buttons Carrie! You are so methodical in your method of working that it makes your blog a joy and very clear to read. I really like the printed paper toggles.

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