Czech Glass Buttons

  1. November 14, 2019

    Jewelry with exquisite Czech Glass Buttons

    The signature style of Marta Weaver and her family of bead designers is copper wire wrapping. We couldn’t resist seeing our new Czech buttons used as a focal point in her intricate designs. The copper metal in her designs gives…
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  2. March 10, 2019

    From Glass Sculptures to Artistic Glass Beads

    If a tiny bead could talk, it would tell you many stories you could not have imagined. From ancient times, when glass was first created, to the moment when glass becomes a bead, a piece of glass has gathered on its…
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  3. June 21, 2017

    Buttons Defy Time and Technology in Jablonec

    Every few months the ” buttons rumor” pops up again. The last Czech button presser is retiring/has retired and a century and a half of exquisite tradition is over. Fortunately, they’ve been wrong every time.…
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  4. January 16, 2017

    Arrival of a ton of beads means a deluge of detail

    About every 2 months another metric ton (or so) of Nirvana’s specialty beads arrive from Jablonec in the Czech Republic. Even though owners  Nir Kronenberg and Cynthia Shanti Moralez have the basic process down to a science, the actual
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  5. July 08, 2016

    Nature and Architecture in Beads

    I found this enchanting passage in San Francisco, California.  I fell in love with how the greens of the plants and the color of the houses created a very interesting hue in the surroundings. These colors inspired me to do something similar…
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  6. June 20, 2016

    Buttons from Jablonec, Czech Republic

    Almost every year Nir and I travel to the Czech Republic to visit the factories that produce our beads and buttons. In one of our trips we visited the Museum of Glass and Jewellery in…
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  7. May 12, 2016

    Tutorial: Czech Button Earrings

    By Cynthia Shanti Moralez One of the best parts of our work is the excitement of opening the boxes of Czech buttons and beads when they arrive from the artisans…
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  8. August 01, 2013

    Czech Glass Buttons Production

    All Czech Glass buttons are handmade. Learn about the production process and the tools used in the production of these beautiful buttons 1 - MATERIALS These are the negatives used to make the molds for the…
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