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How to engage the slide show:

click on the first image on the left of the gallery below, then select the arrow at the bottom left of the enlarged image. Or you can manually go to the next slide by hovering your cursor on the middle right side then clicking the arrow that appears. Hover your cursor on the middle left side  then click the arrow that appears to go backwards. Close the slide show or manual show by clicking the X button on the lower right of the image. (The image of each button is followed by an image of that button's back or reverse side.)

Acknowledgments, References and information for this category are at the bottom of this page.

Button Country

An Educational Resource for Button Collectors - originally created by Paul Rice

Section 23-11 : Studio Buttons Assorted

* To download and print pdfs of the worksheets click this link: page 1.

Some descriptions of these buttons may be cut off.  Full descriptions can be seen in the slide show mode.

23-11.1 Ceramics - BM "CR 2000" - Connie Robinson
23-11.1 Ceramics - BM "SR '95" - Stella Rzanski
23-11.1 Ceramics - BM "THU"
23-11.1.1 Jasperware - BM "Shirley '07" - Shirley Shaw
23-11.1.1 Jasperware - BM "Shirley '07" - Shirley Shaw
23-11.1.1 Jasperware - BM "Shirley '05" - Shirley Shaw
23-11.1.2 Transfer on Porcelain - BM "SR '01" - Stella Rzanski
23-11.1.2 Transfer on Porcelain - BM "SR '94" - Stella Rzanski
23-11.2 Fabric - Ribbon - BM "Mentis"
23-11.2 Fabric - Cross stitch - BM "Bonnie N '87" -
23-11.2 Necktie Fabric - BM "Eley'89" -
23-11.2 Necktie Fabric - BM "KM '04"
23-11.2 Fabric - Beads - BM "KC 2012" - Karen Cohen
23-11.3 Glass Realistic - BM "ME '91" - Mike Edmondson
23-11.3.1 Paperweight Whistle-hole - BM "MG" - Mary Gaumond
23-11.4 Metal - painted - BM "2008 NCSBS" - Shirley Burgess
23-11.4 Metal - Cold Enamel - BM "2009 KK" - Kevin Kinne
23-11.4 Metal - Silver - BM "AF '88" - Alan Faison
23-11.5 Plaster - BM "ND 2000 for fun" - Nancy DuBois
23-11.6 Shell - Paint - BM "Hope" - Hope Boltze
23-11.6 Shell - Laser Engraved
- BM "Kay 98 Haries Br. Ore." (Kay Ferguson) (Haries Bridge)
23-11.6 Shell - Transfer - BM "Susan Clark Originals"
23-11.6 Shell -Transfer - BM "EJP 97" - E. J. Peeler
23-11.6 Shell - Pina - BM "ND 2008" - Nancy DuBois
23-11.7 Synthetic Polymers - Fimo Clay
- BM "LLL 2008" - Leah Antinick-Lynne Drury
23-11.7 Synthetic Polymers - Bobbie Olsen
23-11.8 Wood - BM "GES '69" - George Schmidt
23-11.9 Other Materials - Antler - BM "7/17/11 - Brad Elfrink"
23-11.9 Other Materials - Pine Needles - Henrietta Boylin
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23-11.9 Other Materials - Pipestone
- BM "RL" made by Rose Lightening for 1989 MN button show
23-11.9 Other Materials - Plique-a-jour enamel - maker unknown
23-11.9 Other Materials - Paper Mache
- BM "ELJAY 6/03" - Lois Eggers
23-11.9 Other Materials - VI - BM "JUH 2005"
23-11.9 Other Materials - VI - Rubber Stamp
- BM "CM '06" - Cathy Mayer
23-11.9 Other Materials - Enamel
- BM "KC - 2011" - Karen Cohen

Acknowledgments: Thanks to Louella Yeargain for collaborating in the update of this section and for contributing images for several of the buttons shown above.  A special thanks to Joan Lindsay & Joy Journeay for their expert editing skills!


References:

(1) National Button Society Blue Book - Official NBS Classification and Competition Guidelines

(2) Meagan Melloy - Studio Buttons and the Artists Who Make Them - Third Edition - 2011

* Studio Buttons Worksheet in Excel

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