Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

Who's heard of wall button?  My older brother, the wood turner, went to a wood turning demonstration in Kansas City, MO.  He learned about wall buttons there and I'm including a video of that meeting.  The wood turned wall button makes interesting wall art especially for someone who sews, knits or crochets.  It's definitely a conversation starter.  Rick Bywater's Wall Buttons He made one for my birthday and I was pleasantly surprised when it came! Mine, made of Purple Heart, had grooves in it for polymer accents.  Dave and I collaborated on several turned vases that included polymer bands.  What fun to work together.  The colors of metallic gold, red and yellow combine in concentric circles and are quite striking against the Purple Heart.  After the polymer was conditioned, placed and textured it was cured with a heat gun.  Had to be careful to cure the polymer and not burn the wood! I'm thinking of asking him to make a couple of coaster size buttons a

 Sometimes working with another artist produces a unique piece of art.  In this case my older brother, Dave, turns wood and makes beautiful vases, bowls, platters and any other item that comes to his mind and hands. Another polymer artist Cynthia Tinapple and her husband's work combining combining polymer inlay in wood intrigued me.  I've wanted to try it for quite a while.  I researched the technique and invested in a digital thermometer and a heat gun.  I knew some day I would use them. When Dave said he was turning a walnut vase I asked him to make two recessed bands about 1/8th inch deep and 1/2 to 1" wide.  We collaborated to determine the placement and size.  He lives in Kansas and I live in Arizona so there were lots of emails and phone calls. My job was deciding on the pattern and design to use in the grooves.  With a lot of experimentation  I decided to make a  Stroppel cane.    Using old polymer canes layered between black and another set layered be