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These buttons use various metalsmiting techniques which are described below. I learned metalsmithing as a teen in summer camp and have continued throughout my adult life. I used to make a lot of silver and some gold jewelry, but today I prefer to make other items... like buttons! Custom orders accepted.

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Table of Contents

Colored Pencil Etchings Keum Boo

 

Metal Clay

 

Colored Pencil

This technique uses Prismacolor Premier colored pencils which have a waxy content; a Decorative Finish on the button. They are all copper buttons, whihch are finished with either a matte or glossy coating. The surface maybe somewhat delicate.

chinese mum

#2945
Hydralic Press formed copper with Chinese Brush Painting styled Crysanthemum and Zentagle designs and glossy finish.
Large. $30

Heart saucer button

#2966
Domed copper 1 1/8" disk with heart design, 3 hole sew-through. Large. $30

Bejeweled -
Open Edition - #3345

Spindel shaped copper with DF of colored pencil with gold Paillons and Cubic Zirconias (CZs), 3-hole sew-through. $45

#1new

Crowned Paisley - Limited Edition of 15 - #2944

Copper 1 1/4" circle with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with paisley design. Large. $30 See all buttons in this LE

Paisley button

#2

Pastel Bamboo- Limited Editon of 15 - #2948

Copper 1 1/2" square with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with design of Chinese Brush Painting styled Bamboo with a bird and a border of a plain copper edge, 3-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this LE

Bamboo button

#6

 

Hearty - Limited Edition of 15 - #2949

Copper octogon with DF PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils of a heart design. Medium. $30

Heart button

#2

Yellow Rose Bud - Limited Edition of 10 - #2950

Copper domed Isosceles Triange with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with a rose bud design and a copper edged border. Large $30

rose button

#1

Wild Orchid - Limited Edition of 15 - #2951

Copper rounded rectangle with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with a Chinese Brush Painting styled design of a wild orchid with a dragonfly, and a copper edged border. Large $30

wild orchid button

#1

Zen Plants - Limited Edition of 15 - #2957

Copper 1.5" square with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with a plant-like multi-pattern design, 3-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this LE

Plant button

#2

Plant button

#3

Swallowtail - Limited Edition of 15 - #2958

Copper shaped butterfly with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils, 3-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this LE

Butterfly sew-through button

#2

Zen Kitty - Open Series - #2959

Copper shaped sitting cat with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with a multi-pattern design (each in the series can be a different design), 6-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this OS

cat button

#9
Sold

If you want one, email me and I'll make one up for you as this LE is still open.

Zen Moose - Open Series #2960

Copper shaped moose with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with multi-pattern design (each in the series could have a different design), 6-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this OS

Moose button

#4
Sold

If you want one, email me and I'll make one up for you as this LE is still open.

Sea Turtle Breeze - Limited Editon of 15 - #2961

Copper shaped sea tutle with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils, 6-hole sew-through. Large. $30 See all buttons in this LE

 

Sea Turtle button

#5
Sold

If you want one, email me and I'll make one up for you as this LE is still open.

Zen Raccoon - Open Series - #2962

Copper shaped raccoon with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with a multi-pattern design (each in the series could have a different design), 6-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this OS

Raccoon button

#3
Sold

If you want one, email me and I'll make one up for you as this LE is still open.

Zen Goose - Open Series - #2963

Copper shaped flying goose with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with a multi-pattern design (each in the series could have a different design), 3-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this OS

Bird Goose button

#3

Zen Poodle - Open Series - #2964

Copper shaped poodle with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with a multi-pattern design (each in the series could have a different design), 3-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this OS

Poodle dog button

#2
Sold

If you want one, email me and I'll make one up for you as this LE is still open.

 

Zen Gecko - Open Series - #2965

Copper shaped gecko with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with OME PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils in a multi-pattern design (each in the series could have a different design), 6-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this OS

Gecko lizzard button

#2

Gentoo Penquin - Limited Editon of 15 - #2967

Copper shaped penquin with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils, 3-hole sew-through. Large. $30 See all buttons in this LE

Gentoo Penquin button

#5

Zen Owl - Open Series
#3097

Copper shaped owl with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils in a multip-pattern design (each in the series could have a different design), 3-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this OS

owl button metal

#6
Sold

If you want one, email me and I'll make one up for you as this LE is still open.

Unicorn At Rest - Limited Edition of 15 - #2968

Copper shaped unicorn head with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils, 3-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this LE

Unicorn head button

#3

Rainbow Unicorn - Open Series #3137

Copper shaped unicorn head with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils with a rainbow mane and silver horn, 3-hole sew-through. Large $30 See all buttons in this OS

unicorn metal button

#2

 

Hearts - Open Series #3138

Copper shaped heart with a DF of PrismaColor Premier Colored Pencils multiple hearts in the center, 3-hole sew-through. Medium $30 See all buttons in this OS

Heart button metal

#2

 

Etchings

The Cheetah - Limited Edition of 10 - #2437

Etching on copper of a relaxing cheetah with realistic shape with patina in low areas. Dim: 1.5" x 1 3/16".. Price: $45. See all buttons in this LE. This etching comes in Basse Taille enameled also.

 

Cheetah button

#2

Sold

If you want one, email me and I'll make one up for you as this LE is still open.

   

Keum Boo

Keum Boo (also Kum-Boo or Kum-bu - Korean "attached gold") is a Korean metalsmithing technique of fusing 24K gold thick foil to silver making silver-gilt. The background is typically patinaed dark so that the foil stands out. My button use either sterling silver or fine silver.

#2188

#2188
Keum Boo shank button on fused sterling silver with fine gold foil hearts and dots with patina background. Dim: 9/16" square. Price: $50

1129 Keum Boo with Opal

#1129
Keum Boo shank button on fine silver cirlce roll printed with rice paper design, domed with opal bead stud through center and Keum Boo line design w/ liver of sulfur patina. Dim: 1/2". Price: $50

note: the button is on its side because of the stud in the center

 

 

 

 

DragonFly at Night - Limited Edition of 20 - #2187

Keum Boo sterling silver shank button with rice paper roll printed pattern and fine gold foil dragonfly with patina. Dim: 3/4". Price $60

#2187 #1

#1

Sold

If you want one, email me and I'll make one up for you as this LE is still open.

Limited Edition of 10 - Oval Pearl Garden Small - #2840

Sterling Silver Keum Boo oval button, roll printed with rice paper, with a single flower of salt water cultured pearls and 24K gold foil, with black patina. Medium $90

FLower of Pearls Keum Boo button

#1

Keum Boo Limited Edition of 10 - Oval Pearl Garden Large - #2841

Sterling Silver Keum Boo oval button, roll printed with rice paper, with one full flower and one bud of salt water cultured pearls wtih 24K gold foil and a 24K gold foil sun, with black patina. Medium $145

Keum Boo Button of flower with pearls

#1

Metal Clay

This is powered metal mixed with a binder that can be molded like clay. When fired (called sintered), the binder burns out and what is left is pure metal. I use fine silver, copper and bronze

#3347new
Metal button with colored pencil decorative finish (DF), using bronze, copper and fine silver metal clay. This button is three layers riveted together with a self shank. Large
$150

#3349new
Metal button made by three types of metal clay - bronze, copper and silver with self-shank of a dragonfly and flower design.
$225

 

Radial Blast -Limited Edition of 10 - med/large - #3348 - $85

Metal button with a radial pattern of 2 metal clays... bronze base and copper inlay with self shank.

#1new

 

 

 

 

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