Handmade ceramic buttons in brown with green/blue effects. These are 18mm buttons, last 5 pieces of this series is left and they are sold as set. There were several sets in this design. Product photo shows just some of them, please allow minor differences as all the buttons are 100% handmade.
To achieve the final look these buttons are glazed with 2 glazes in overall 4 layers which makes the creation process technically demanding and tricky as the risk of the glaze filling in the holes or sticking to the kiln shelf is extremely high due to the small size of the buttons. We love the challenge!
As most other our buttons these were fired two times. First firing is the so called bisque firing where temperature goes as high as 1000C degrees. After that our buttons are ready to be glazed. We put 4 layers of glaze manually and when they've dried, buttons are fired for the second time at about 1230C degrees. The backside of the buttons stays unglazed.
Can you wash the buttons in a washing machine? We would always go for handwash to provide extra care. However smaller buttons can also be washed in a machine, provided you chose wool or handwash program and the garment is turned inside out and put in a laundry bag. The buttons are not afraid of water or temperature, its all about continuous strokes against the washing machine drum when spinning. For buttons 23mm and bigger we strongly recommend handwash.
Please be aware that each button is 100% handmade so there may be imperfections in size and shape but we always pay extra attention to make sure that they match each other within one set.
