Last year Diana, Susan and I went to the Festival of Crafts at the Stampede Grounds. I always love to see new, local artists showing off their wares.
Diana was looking for potters to make yarn bowls for Gina Brown's - so she talked to every potter that we saw and asked them if they were interested.
Last Friday, Anna Rasmussen called and had some prototypes to show us. Her company,
Gammel House Pottery, has just started creating yarn bowls and beautiful, unique buttons.
I love interesting buttons. What is the point of spending a fair amount of time, money and effort on knitting a beautiful garment and then using some ugly, plain buttons?
If only you could feel the texture of these buttons in real life. Some of the glazes are matte and a bit rough - think earthy feeling. Some of the glazes are slick and almost cold to the touch!
The buttons are hand crafted out of porcelain clay and need to be hand washed. The hand washed aspect to buttons, never plays apart in my decision as to whether or not I will purchase said button. My theory is that nice things are worth taking care of. And, realistically the yarn that was used to create the objet d'art that now features the button; probably needs to be hand washed anyway.
This button makes me think "Quoi?" said with an upward lilt.
I love the all over print of Q's. When I asked Anna what her inspiration was behind this button, she told me of her trip to China. There she took many pottery classes and learned from some amazing artists. The Q's come from a roll on print that she bought while she was out enjoying the markets in China.
This rounded, bubble texture button has the most incredible feel to it! I could rub it all day - okay that sounded bad. Let's try again. I could . . . . anyway. I have no idea what I am going to knit for these beautiful buttons, but I can't wait to show you when I do!
