#button manufacture

[thinkingimages]

Half an oyster shell demonstrating pearl shell button manufacture, circa 1875-1885

This object is part of a collection which illustrates how pearl shell was made into pearl buttons in Sydney in the 1930s. The display was given to the Museum by The Pearlbutton Manufacturing Company of Foster Street, Sydney, in 1933.

Pearl divers in places such as Thursday Island, Broome and Port Darwin harvested the Golden Lip pearl shell, (Pinctada maxima), from which the buttons were made. The shell was shipped to the Sydney factory for production. After cutting the button shaped pieces from the shell, the 'blanks' were then split to an even thickness, an operation performed by hand and one requiring considerable judgement and skill.

Buttons made from pearl shell were valued because they were durable and retained their lustre unaffected by washing. After World War II, plastics replaced pearl shell as the preferred material for buttons.

The Torres Strait supplied over half the world demand for pearl shell in the 1890s. In addition to buttons, pearl shell was used for cutlery, hair combs, jewellery, decorative objects and inlay for furniture. The Powerhouse Museum collection includes a variety of objects made from pearl shell.

[velvetwyrme]

that Echo Flower button up that Sans is wearing in one of your drawings would be real cool if it was to exist (unless it was made of polyester) as the design is well made.

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I'm glad you think it'd be cool!!! I also think it'd be really cool. I'd LOVE to make it real but AHH finding manufacturers for non polyester button ups has been driving me crazy egfjdbdk

But I mean... if people are interested, I'll see what I can do in the future 👀

[blimbo-buddy]

You all are now looking at the first ever physical Mouthwash: Space Tragedy button merchandise, all hand drawn

These were based on some stickers that @skuffypaw showed me one time that reminded us both of the Mobilewashing characters

[the-razzdazzler]

nothing funnier to me than crocheting a piece i plan to sell and having my price estimation change drastically halfway through

(before starting the pattern) oh yeah the bg3 owlbear teddy, that's a bit bigger than the stuff i usually make, maybe $100

(on round 35 of the body piece, crying and inexplicably covered in blood) i can't charge any less than $300 if i survive making it

[davekitties]

may I present to you all:

The Dewalt Cordless Vape

features are:

• vape

• cordless

• flippy button

looks great in photos taken from high or low angles!

[ariespetal]

New shop stuff!! My DRV3 buttons are now in stock, you can find them here

[sorrybud]

she can do the frug <3

[charliesinfern0]

writing is so hard 😭

[svedrillingstools]

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[amplexadversary]

Pro tip: if someone is doing something that isn't going to explode, maybe instead of physically interposing yourself between them and the thing that someone else is giving on how to use, simply SAY "you're giving them the wrong instructions" or "hey, babe, you missed a step telling our guest how the washing machine works,

[thinkingimages]

PEARL SHELL FROM DIDACTIC DISPLAY

A section of pearl shell used in manufacturing buttons.

This object is part of a collection which illustrates how pearl shell was made into pearl buttons in Sydney in the 1930s. The display was given to the Museum by The Pearlbutton Manufacturing Company of Foster Street, Sydney, in 1933. Pearl divers in places such as Thursday Island, Broome and Port Darwin harvested the Golden Lip pearl shell, (Pinctada maxima), from which the buttons were made. The shell was shipped to the Sydney factory for production. After cutting the button shaped pieces from the shell, the 'blanks' were then split to an even thickness, an operation performed by hand and one requiring considerable judgement and skill. Buttons made from pearl shell were valued because they were durable and retained their lustre unaffected by washing. After World War II, plastics replaced pearl shell as the preferred material for buttons. The Torres Strait supplied over half the world demand for pearl shell in the 1890s. In addition to buttons, pearl shell was used for cutlery, hair combs, jewellery, decorative objects and inlay for furniture. The Powerhouse Museum collection includes a variety of objects made from pearl shell. Kathy Hackett, Photo Librarian

[spiderman616]

my bootleg switch joycons are killing themselves SOMEONE HELP! HELP ME!

[tweedfrog]

i love u push buttons i love u levers i love u wheels i love u haptic feedback and anything that contributes to the noise and feel of an Item

[adafruit]

Cute and clickie square switches

square switches, swear scritches! we got these samples of "12mm" square tactiles with an embedded white LED - they come from the same factory as our '808 step switches' (https://www.adafruit.com/search?q=808+step) and look like they can go in every day 12mm tactile footprints with an additional LED in each corner. they have a nice fairly even glow and can fit into a breadboard or perfboard! now that these are ladyada-approved, we'll get them on order soon.

[justthinkingaboutlouis]

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[shinkai-kaiju]

are makeship plushies even good? as in, quality. ive never heard anything bad about them (ill be honest i havent heard ANYTHING about them) but im always annoyed by the fact that they ONLY do campagins you cant just go "hi heres the money make me 100 plushies" and they seem to have a rerun thing but only for particularly sucessful plushies...

If they are, i wonder if theres a reputable maker out there like them that'll REALLY get the job done right off the bat no campaigning needed...