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-I chose to divide the buttons by materials, which then is closely linked to their date and the garment they were meant for.
+I chose to divide the buttons by [[materials]], which then is closely linked to their date and the garment they were meant for.
-Bone:
+There are different [[typologies/shapes of buttons]], you can find them on the linked page. They also differ in the amount of holes, you can find it [[here]]
-Buttons made from bone are probably the oldest kind known to humans. They were made from the shinbones of various animals and any farmer with a dead animal and a
-lathe could make them. Produced in early 18th century, popular until 1850s, then replaced by horn. Normally used only practically, historically for pant flys or underpants.
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-Metal:
-Made from pewter, brass or aluminium. Sometimes covered with fabric
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-Shell:
-First appeared in the 1820s for an undershirt for King George IV. Often quite fragile, which is why they are very little archaeological findings.
-Often used on shirts, as small four holed models. Made from molusc shell. Photo shows a shell after the button blanks where cut out.
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-Ceramic:
-Moulded in porcelain, first patented in 1840 by Richard Prosser. This made Ceramic buttons accessible to the working class.
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-Wood:
-Cut from wooden blanks or turned on the lathe.
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-Plastic:
-Normally injection molded in every shape and color imaginable.
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-__The different typologies/shapes of buttons:__
+//Until the Victorian era a large quantity of buttons was seen as a status symbol (Ferris
+:98)//
-Sew on buttons:
+Unlike today, buttons were bought and sold separately from the garment they were attached with.
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+I like that thought. We all enjoy the advantages of pret-a-porter clothing, but sometimes they just do not fit. Use additional buttons as a tool to make them fit!
+  Possible Workshops:
-Tack buttons
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+  * Everyone brings a garment that does not fit the way you like it.
+  * Place one or many of provided buttons additionally on the garment.
+  * Fit a new buttonhole.
+  * You will walk home with your new tailor-made piece.
-__Amount of holes and how to attach them:__
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+  * You also bring a piece of scrap material of your liking.
+  * We will learn to make a button from it.
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+  * Bring a garment with buttons
+  * detach all buttons apart from one
+  * Buttons are interchanged between participants and reattached
+  What can I contribute to the school:
+  * Button collection/ order system for free-to-use buttons
+  * manual how to attach and work with different buttons
+  * manual how to make buttons
+  * workshop during rundgang
+  * build a machine you can make buttons with
+  * a grasshopper script that you can custom make/design your own button
-//Until the Victorian era a large quantity of buttons was seen as a status symbol (Ferris
-:98)//
-Unlike today, buttons were bought and sold separately from the garment they were attached with.
-I like that thought, we all enjoy the advantages of pret-a-porter clothing, but sometimes they just do not fit. Use a button to make them fit!
- My proposal:
-  * Everyone brings a garment that does not fit the way you like it.
-  * You also bring a piece of scrap material of your liking.
-  * We will learn to make a button from it, place it additionally to the garment.
-  * Fit a new buttonhole.
-  * You will walk home with your new tailor-made piece.
-Buttons I have made so far:
+[[Buttons I have made so far:]]
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