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Jen Best

@beakerbutton.bsky.social

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button maker, textile artist, nature lover, hugger of trees, tamer of dragons. beakerbutton.co.uk

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Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · 11d

Yellow butterfly on a yellow flower.

Probably a clouded yellow butterfly on a Bidens aurea 'Hannay's Lemon Drop' flower. Photo taken at the Russell Coates museum today

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · 11d

Water lily at Russell Coates in Bournemouth today.

A close up and softly focused photo of a pale yellow water lily.

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · 18d

Sunset was spectacular this evening. More on the blog.

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Sun setting over an outgoing wave on chesil beach on Portland

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · 24d

Dancing willow trees in Chester

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Sep 1

Shrooms

#WomensArt
#PolychromosPencils
#ColourLove

A colourful abstract inspired by mushrooms and toadstools, with tiny yellow eyes leaking out.

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 25

Trip of people trees.

Three Dorset button trees made with purple threads

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 22

A little pot of Dorset button flowers.

Colourful flowers made from hand stitched Dorset buttons. They have breaded centres and sit in a grey and red felted pot.

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 20

Beautiful leaf.

An autumn leaf in dark orange and red with green veins lies on a tarmac pavement

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 16

Seasonal Tree Dorset button workshop @whitchurchsilkmill next year. More details on the website under workshops. Limited places!

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#DorsetButtons
#WhitchurchSilkMill
#LearnSomethingNew

Dorset button trees in winter, sorting, summer, and autumn colours. Made into a hanging on the left.

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 16

Dr Seuss tree.

#WomensArt
#DorsetButtons

Colourful textile tree made on a 20cm embroidery hoop, with leaf shaped Dorset buttons in green and blues as leaves, red trunk and branches, and breaded moss at the base.

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Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 14

Bejeweled Dorset button tree

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 9

#jagged #BlueSkyArtsShow

Abstract sketch using polycromos pencil in blues, with black fine liner

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 8

Tablet weaving trees @whitchurchsilkmill while I managed my first solo exhibition A Fascination of Trees 🥰🌳

#tabletweaving

A woven band depicting trees against a blue sky

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 3

River Test at the Mill
Finished. Just got to frame it now.

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Needle felted picture of a clear river, overlooked by trees

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 3

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New blog post. Needle felting today @whitchurchsilkmill

#needlefelting

A piece of felted sky against a backdrop of colourful fibre.

A river scene at Whitchurch Silk Mill, overlooked by trees

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 3

Dad and Me

#WomensArt
#PolychromosPencil

A colourful abstract piece in bright colours. The central shapes represent my father and me

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Aug 3

Needle felted trees🌳🥰

#WomensArt
#NeedleFelting

A tree stands alone on a moorland backdrop with a storm coming in the distance.

A willow tree shades a small stream with a buzzard flying above and yes in the distance.

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Jul 30

Tiny Dorset buttons
All made on 5mm rings. Red is tram (6 strands of fine silk lightly twisted together) light blue is sewing cotton, dark blue is silk twist, and the beige is 210 silk twist (and my favourite to work with). Silk threads courtesy of Whitchurch Silk Mill

#WomensArt
#DorsetButtons

Four hand stitched Dorset buttons close up on a needle point background.

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Jul 29

On a 5mm ring 😁

#dorsetbuttons

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Jul 29

Fish

#WomensArt
#NewWorks
#PolychromosPencils

An abstract drawing of a monstrous fish. Blocks of colour with lines in black.

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Jul 28

We've sprung a leak. We need £300 to fix it. Plumber is coming tomorrow. No water until it's fixed. So we've halved all our PDF files in our Payhip store. That's 50% off until 31st July. Now's a great time to buy that book you've been eyeing up, and help us pay our plumber!
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Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thank you. One of my favourite things to make.

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Jul 27

Done! I used all the threads from my texture pack, and nothing else. 6" embroidery hoop. 75mm Fleece loved products button bobbin, and a size 13 yarn needle. Thoroughly enjoyed that!

Stitched tree in a hoop using colourful and textured threads, and Dorset button making techniques.

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Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Jul 27

We had a flurry of visitors, who made leaves and crowns, bought art, jewelry, and books. Back on the tree now! Just got to add the leaves. 3 skeins down!

Tree in a hoop, made with hand spun wool using Dorset button making techniques.

Fabric and stitch leaves on a small panel.

Jen Best @beakerbutton.bsky.social · Jul 27

Casting and laying done. 2 skeins down. I'll do a bit of shaping when I back stitch the spokes.

Hoop covered in wool, and with tree spikes wrapped