Buttons come in many shapes and sizes and if there is a button that you would like, we probably have it or can make it for you.
Some of the raw materials that are used in button-making
Natural Materials.
Plant-derived
- coconut shell
- bamboo
- gourd
- gutta percha
- Tagua Nut
- natural, woven fabrics and/or textiles
- linoleum
- paper (e.g. paper mache)
- rubber
- vegetable ivory
- wood
Animal-derived
- bone
- horn
- leather
- pearl
- shell
Seashells:
- abalone
- conch
- cowry
- Helmut
- mother of pearl
- mussels
- nautilus
- operculum
- oyster
- pearl oyster
- pinna
- trochus
- turbo snail
Land shells:
- emerald green snail shell
Rocks and minerals (or predominantly mineral-derived substances)
- bauxite
- catlinite
- cinnabar
- coal
- enamel
- glass
- gypsum (a.k.a. plaster of Paris)
- marcasite
metals
- aluminum
- brass
- pot metal
- sterling silver
- steel
