ABW NEWS!
Our buttons have been juried into the Artisans Hand Gallery in Montpelier, Vermont. We are very pleased to be a part of this spectacularly beautiful gallery in the heart of Vermont!
Designer Buttons
Art Button Works (ABW) is run by two artists in Northern Vermont. Both are experimenters, fiddlers, and tinkerers. We make designer buttons that are one-of-a-kind. We make buttons with weavers, knitters, sewers, and fashion designers in mind. Of course our buttons are also useful (and sometimes even inspiring) to bag-makers, hatters, and quilters—in short, all textile artisans.
The material used for the buttons
is polymer clay with just about any method of applying color and texture the makers can come up with. All buttons,
except for our earliest ones (and the ones where we forget),
bear the artist's mark on the back as well as the mark of Art Button Works itself. For more "technical" information, see
our Research Page.
Finding the Buttons You Want
Browse the color galleries listed on the left to see button sets where the named color is the predominant button color. Sets will vary in size from 2 to 10 and of course, custom orders can be any number you choose. Sold buttons and buttons on display off-site appear at the end.
Uniqueness is Guaranteed
This is, and will be, true.
Though sets may vary in the number of buttons, and within a set,
slight variations may occur, each set is singular. No other set will appear the same.
Design (pattern) and colors used are the two indicators of uniqueness. You may find close similarity in design, but the colors will not be the same. And, you may find the same colors used, but the designs will be very different. This means that you should ever only order ONE of anything!!
Our First Vermont Shop
Mountain Fiber Folk in Montgomery Center is the first
Vermont shop to carry ABW art buttons. We appreciate this and hope that local folks and visitors will stop in at their cooperative
store in the heart of one of Vermont's most delightful tourist areas.
