Thursday, November 10, 2016

Vintage Plastics, How I Love Thee


Necklace #161 has a double-up center of a vintage metal and a celluloid button, with textured celluloid buttons making up the rest.  It's on the spotted crisp cotton bias tape.

 Necklace #162 is a mix of celluloid (the larger ones) and Bakelite (the smaller ones) buttons on the polka dots again.


Necklace #163 is vintage celluloid buttons on Japanese cotton bias tape.


and Necklace #164 is mostly shiny Bakelite, with a buckle in the center doubled up with a button with a deep central groove.  I like the way the dots on the bias tape show through the applejuice-style Bakelite button up to the right there.  Not sure if the triangles and the two-color four-hole cream and black button are Bakelite or another old plastic.

Buttons covered in vintage Japanese kimono silk are a visual/textural pleasure as well:




Necklace #160, on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.

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