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Introduction to Button Collecting
A must have for all beginners!


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This 40-page booklet from the World Button Association features tips and advice from a revered button researcher and teacher, enhanced with 262 button images. As Jocelyn says in the booklet, "The point of button collecting is to cherish these 'fascinating little treasures.' They can enrich our lives by creating new circles of friends, by leading us down interesting research paths (like mythology or history), by an appreciation of art and craftsmanship, and providing infinite delight!
Enjoy!"

FRONT COVER
Time Continuum by Helene Plank, New Jersey (2024)
This 14”x18” concept piece is a visual interpretation of the life cycle, in which each button and bead represents all the emotions and life experiences. The blending of colors displays the full spectrum and shows how buttons can be used in an abstract manner.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jocelyn Howells has been a button collector, researcher, teacher, speaker, and writer since 1989.
• World Button Association Founder
• Button judge since 1990 at state and national levels
• Oregon State Button Society Chair of Classification and Judges fifteen years and president four years
• President of the Portland Button Club four years
• National Button Society: Director three years; Div. III Chair for 8+ years; member of the Classification Committee for 8+ years
• Founding Co-chair of the Western Regional Button Association
• Chair of Judges for Idaho State Button Society 2006
​• Chaired NBS committee to revise the synthetic polymers classification system and co-authored their "Synthetic Polymers Handbook"
• Co-author of Clear and Colored Glass Buttons—A Handbook for
Collectors
• Author of Plastic Buttons: How to Identify Using All Six Senses
• Author of Button Materials A-Z: Identification Guide
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PRINTED BY United Graphic Design LLC, UGDUSA.com
Copyright 2024
ISBN 979-8-9912583-1-9