Adventures with Thread Buttons
Over 30 years ago,I admired a friends small flower brooch.She allowed me to examine this but it was not until a year or two later I discovered the Nosegay Brooch was actually derived from a Dorset button.This was long before the internet was available,but with the help of a few friends,I managed to find the addresses of two buttoners in England and my journey began.I have visited Dorset in the south of England and also Macclesfield in the north of England and had lessons in Buttony from professional Buttoners,Thelma Johns and Marion Howitt.Indeed the ISS4 in Harrogate gave me the opportunity to visit Museums in the south and north of England.On this trip,I stayed at the Old Button shop owned by Thelma Johns and had lessons from Marion Howitt.Since this time I have learned with the help of my network of friends,some of whom are associated with museums both in Australia and overseas,the manufacture of British textile buttons commenced even earlier,in the 12th century.Of course I am aware,as with so many inventions,buttons were in common use centuries earlier in China and hope to learn more of early Chinese buttons at 9ISS My passion is to pass on the results of my extensive research in the form of both articles and classes to try to keep this fascinating craft alive for future generations to come! In my work and my classes,I produce buttons in bright colours and adapt them not only for use on clothing but as contemporary jewelry,wall hangings and features on book and box closures.As with shibori,there is always so much to learn.
Barbara Schey
国际会议
The 9th International Shibori Symposium(第九届国际绞缬染织研讨会)
杭州
英文
300-306
2014-10-31（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）