A video about how to make death's head buttons, with 4 different examples. They're not as complicated as they look, I promise!
Accompanying blog post:
https://vincentbriggs.blogspot.com/2020/09/making-deaths-head-buttons-video.html
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:56 Supplies
02:57 Plain 1 colour button & sewing on
12:58 Large black & white buttons
20:22 Tiny brown & gold buttons
28:50 6 sectioned 4 colour buttons
33:57 Outro & spoopy Aesthetic muskrat Vanitas
All the image sources and links (including places to buy button moulds) are in the blog post, so I won't bother linking them here. The post also has more photos of buttons that I wasn't sure about the copyright on, and I expand on some stuff I didn't have time to say here.
The extant coat button photos in the intro are from the collection of the Ross Thomson House and Store Museum in Nova Scotia.
Blog post on sewing the black & white coat:
https://vincentbriggs.blogspot.com/2019/11/black-white-c1790-coat.html
Blog post on sewing the brown & gold waistcoat:
https://vincentbriggs.blogspot.com/2020/05/brown-gold-brocade-waistcoat.html
(I have sewing blog posts about every other garment I'm wearing in this video too.)
"Death's head buttons, their use and construction" booklet:
https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/collections/books/products/death-head-buttons-their-use-and-construction
Gina Barrett's video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KURwwOU9Ffs&t
She has a left handed version of that video too. I highly recommend checking out her youtube channel and website if you're interested in passementerie buttons, she has done hundreds of them!
A huge thank you to my friend Haana-SikSik for recording my voiceover!
https://www.instagram.com/haana_siksik/
And to my mother for letting me use her camera!
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Music:
Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
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Trio for Piano, Cello, and Clarinet by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4547-trio-for-piano-cello-and-clarinet
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Relaxing Piano Improvisation by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5978-relaxing-piano-improvisation
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Calm In The Night by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6232-calm-in-the-night
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Gymnopedie No. 3 by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3839-gymnopedie-no-3
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Elegy for Violin and Piano [FREE MUSIC - CC BY]
by Rafael Krux (orchestralis.net)
https://music.orchestralis.net/track/28566351
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Tranquil Fields Peaceful by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5769-tranquil-fields-peaceful
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Emotional Piano Improvisation by Alexander Nakarada
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Untold Stories by Alexander Nakarada
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