 Collectible Buttons by Elvenkrafte Studios |
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Ivory When Pigs Fly Winged Pig "When Pigs Fly" is a button that I've carved a couple of different times, each with the pig in a different flying position. The button is carved from pre-ban African elephant ivory with Bakelite eyes. Carved in very nice detail, the pig looks as if it could almost take off any second. The button measures just under 1 1/4 inches, has a self shank and my signature and the date carved onto the back. Price...$200.00
Carved Fossil Walrus Ivory Tiger Button with Bakelite Eyes This is a great looking little tiger button that I've carved out of fossil walrus ivory. The ivory comes from St. Lawrence Island where it washes up on the beach sometimes in pieces. The tiger's stripes are carved and then painted with black enamel paint and for an additional material I inlaid translucent applejuice Bakelite into the eyes. The tiger is carved realistically and is nicely polished. This button measures just a whisker under 1 & 1/4 inches. I carved a self shank onto the back and inscribed my signature and the date. The color of the ivory is actually the white that is in most of the pictures and not the yellow that shows in a few of them, which is from the light source. Price....
Here is a darling little button that I've carved out of 5 different materials plus a bit of applied enamel paint. The base of the button is carved from white moose antler and measures just under 1 & 1/4 inches. I carved the little girl watering flowers and the fence behind her out of the antler and then inlaid the green Bakelite leaves, two small turquoise flowers and two small orange helmet shell flowers, and a nice cloudy lapis lazuli sky in the background. The girl's watering can is painted yellow with enamel and her face, legs, arms and shoes are also detailed with enamel. I carved a domed self shank onto the back and inscribed my signature and the date, which are then filled with dye.
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Ivory & Bakelite Genie in a Lamp Button Ready to grant you three wishes, this handsome genie button is carved
from a combination of pre-ban African elephant ivory and golden orange
Bakelite. The genie is realistically carved from the ivory and forms the
base of the button, inlaid into the front is the lamp and also a tiny
emerald green Swarovski rhinestone in his turban. I used enamel paints
to further detail the button, which measures just under 1 1/4 inches,
has self shank on the back and my signature and the date inscribed.
Ivory & Bakelite Dutch Flower Girl Here is a cute little girl in traditional Dutch costume, with the "winged" hat and carrying a bunch of Bakelite tulips in her hands. The girls skin, facial features, yellow braided hair, and the tulips flowers are painted with high quality enamel paints. The button is carved in detail from pre-ban African elephant ivory, has a self shank carved onto the back and my signature and the date inscribed, it measures a bit under 1 1/2 inches. Price...$175.00
Vegetable Ivory Painter's Palette Button Carved from Vegetable Ivory of the Tagua nut, this painter's palette has white mother of pearl, green and yellow Bakelite, red coral, turquoise, lapis lazuli, catlinite (pipe stone), and cow horn inlaid as the "blobs" of paint. The button measures just under 1 1/4 inches, has a self shank carved onto the back and my signature and the date inscribed. Price...$150.00
Vegetable Ivory Scarab Beetle Button Carved from vegetable ivory from the Tagua nut, this realistic little scarab beetle button has black Bakelite eyes and measures 1 1/8 inches. I carved a self shank onto the back and inscribed my signature and the date. Price...$75.00
Carved Fossil Ivory Zebra Button This handsome zebra button is one that I've carved from fossil walrus ivory. All of the zebra's black markings (stripes, mane, hooves, eyes & etc) are inscribed and then painted with high quality black enamel paint. I carved a self shank onto the back and inscribed my signature and the date. The button measures just under 1 1/4 inches. Price...$125.00
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