WRBA WRBA BOARD Mission Statement President Harriett Brittenham 720 851-2574 [email protected] Establish an affiliation, a forum, 6174 Saddlecreek Trail Parker CO 80134 TERRITORIAL and an identity for all Western U.S. button collectors, including Vice President Carolyn Boes those who are not part of any 702-293-4177 [email protected] 211 Jasmine Way #2 Boulder City NV 89005 local organization Unite the isolated collectors of the Secretary Barbara Johnson 360 893-0647 [email protected] west with the established clubs 718 Maple Lane SW NEWS Pool the talents and resources of Orting WASHINGTON 98360 844 S 82nd Pl, Mesa AZ 85208 winter members for enrichment of the hobby Treasurer Susannah Jordan 303 442-5511 Keep us all in touch via the [email protected] WRBA Territorial News, May 2016 territorial newsletter 4475 Laguna Place #214 Volume 14, Issue 2 Boulder CO 80303-3764 INSIDE THIS ISSUE MAY 1, 2016 Host a regional show with the Past President Tom Barrans purpose of: 559 683-6418 [email protected] MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 1 Recruiting those fascinated by P O Box 2556, Oakhurst CA 93644 buttons into the hobby J&J BUTTON AD (Judy Schwenk & Jim Nolan) 2 Show Chair Joy Journeay Providing educational 907 223-1040 [email protected] workshops & presentations 32545 Eagle Vista Drive NBS IS COMING—PLEASE HELP OUT! 3 Eagle River AK 99577 Learning through competition Meeting dealers and obtaining Web Chair Mika Jarmusz PICTORIAL NATIVE AMIERCAN BUTTONS 4 buttons for our collections 503 371-0868 [email protected] 2845 “D” Street NE, Salem OR 97301 Refreshing our interest and Greek Mythology #1: THE BEGINNING, IMMORTALS, & OLYMPIANS 6 ambition in collecting Judging Chair Barbara Barrans 559 683-6418 [email protected] Greek Mythology #4: EUROPA & THE BULL (Zeus) 11 Enjoying the camaraderie and P O Box 2556, Oakhurst CA 93644 fun of gathering together Awards Chair Tom Barrans ST. GEORGE & THE DRAGON by Joy Journeay 12 559 683-6418 [email protected] P O Box 2556, Oakhurst CA 93644 States & Provinces Animals on Buttons: ALLIGATORS & CROCODILES 16 Membership Chair Yessy Byl ALASKA MONTANA 11144 67th Street [email protected] Animals on Buttons: ANTS 17 ALBERTA NEVADA Edmonton, Alberta T5B 1K8 CANADA ARIZONA NEW MEXICO 780 474-8101 Animals on Buttons: BATS 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA 0REGON CALIFORNIA SASKATCHEWAN Fundraising Chair Chris McCarthy 360 391-4098 [email protected] Greek Mythology #2: ZEUS, King of the Greek Gods 20 COLORADO UTAH P O Box 1082, LaConner WA 98257 HAWAII WASHINGTON IDAHO WYOMING Newsletter Editor Joy Journeay Greek Mythology #3: HERA, Queen of the Greek Gods 22 See Past President listing above. WRBA is on Greek Mythology #5: ASTRAE 23 At-Large Member Bev Heebner Facebook! 360 352-5793 [email protected] 5503 110th Avenue SW WRBA BOARD MEETING, FEBRUARY 11, 2016 24 Olympia WA 98512-9220 BUTTON EVENTS CALENDAR 26 www.wrba.us WRBA Territorial News, May 2016 Page 1 Page 2 WRBA Territorial News, May 2016 PRESIDENT’S the site in a while, do so today. We think you will be pleased. WRBA extends a very special THANK YOU to the Oregon State Button MESSAGE Society for their generous gift which provided seed money for these improvements. April, 2016 We continue to look for Happy Spring! ways to reach out and serve We’ve had a truly the western region states interesting winter in and beyond. We hope you Colorado. There is no join us in that journey. It only surprise as weather in takes each one of us to say, Colorado is always “Won’t you join unpredictable. It’s just WRBA?” Today more than that the 34” of snow ever there are wonderful covering the bright pansies in our courtyard was a total benefits of WRBA surprise! Here’s the promise about Colorado weather in August. It membership and being a will be beautiful and provide an energizing background for a part of your button fabulous time at the NBS Convention. community. Speaking of convention, have you made your reservations Convention time is yet? How are your trays coming along? While the convention near! We will see you in schedule is packed with intriguing workshops, presentations and Denver! activities, I encourage you to take some time to visit one or two of the “100+ Great Things To Do In Denver”. Check out WRBA and NBS Thanks Mom, Hay websites for a complete listing of museums, historical sites, activities, sports, shopping, etc. Consider scheduling the Denver Art Museum’s newly installed “Artistry and Craftsmanship of Ruskin Pottery, Enamels, and Buttons”! It’s great. WRBA volunteers have been extremely busy the past several months. Thanks to Joy Journeay and Yessy Bly we have extended an invitation to all the button enthusiasts in our region by sending each a Special Edition of the Territorial News. As of this date WRBA has Judy Schwenk & Jim 13 new members and we expect more! The feedback has been Nolan great. In an effort to encourage collaboration, WRBA has also become a member of each of our region states. Encourage your friends and 5518 Sugarloaf Street your state society to sign up and become a part of our great Anacortes, WA 98221 organization. (360)-293-2315 Mika Jarmusz and Joy Journeay have spent untold hours [email protected] revamping our website. A new and improved www.wrba.us is now fully functional and features a Button Album, a complete listing of We buy any size collections. WRBA states’ and NBS events, links to other button sites, a members -only link to WRBA documents, an opportunity on almost every page to interact and learn about buttons, and more! If you haven’t visited WRBA Territorial News, May 2016 Page 3 Page 4 WRBA Territorial News, May 2016 NBS 2016 IS COMING! PLEASE HELP OUT! PICTORIAL NATIVE AMERICAN BUTTONS by Harriett Brittenham REGISTRATION SUPPORT These Native American metal buttons show the possibilities of picture Throughout the week, you have the opportunity to help at the buttons of this genre. Typically, we think of "conventional" designs when registration tables to distribute materials and register attendees. we think of Native American Indian metal. These show some of the other Contact Jane Hill or Jennifer Hulac to sign up for a time to serve: pictorial possibilities. Some are coin or coin-like and others [email protected] and/or [email protected]. are non-coin designs, showing the specific GREET ATTENDEES AND INTRODUCE WRBA marks of engraving, stamping and hand Throughout the week, you also have the opportunity to help at carving. the WRBA tables by Registration. We will be set up with sample newsletters, membership forms, and YOUR smiles! You can rest from the showroom and help at the same time by sitting at the WRBA table. Contact [email protected] if you can help here. AUCTION Bruce Beck [email protected] and Gil Biggie [email protected] are ready to receive donations to the 2016 national auction. If you are planning to attend, you can scan the button or related donation, and send the scan to [email protected]. There is no need to mail your actual donation, but you are welcome to send it ahead of time to either Gil or Bruce. Gil Biggie at 9075 Wigwam Way, Reno NV 89506. Call if you have any questions, 775 971-9538 Bruce Beck at N50 W 7030 Western Rd., Cedarburg, WI 53012, or simply at any of the spring shows that Bruce attends. Studio makers, please give contact or website information which will be posted along with your donation. This allows the non-winning bidders who are interested in your work to contact you. Native American pictorial buttons GIGANTIC POKEBOX! depicting, clockwise from bottom left, In addition to the annual NBS auction, the Fundraising Team is 1. a central butterfly with a stamped happy to announce that they will be creating a HUGE poke box, and scallop border, welcome your donations. The poke will be open Wednesday – 2. dancing open-mouthed figure, Saturday. 3. figure walking with a cane, Start sorting through your buttons and gather your donations for 4. a mammal, the poke box. You can bring your poke donations to NBS, or mail 5. two crossed arrows, and your POKE donations to Harriett Brittenham: 6. A stylized kachina head with inlaid 6174 Saddle Creek Trail, Parker CO 80134-5307. semi-precious stones and pearl. WRBA Territorial News, May 2016 Page 5 Page 6 WRBA Territorial News, May 2016 Greek Mythology #1: THE BEGINNING, THE IMMORTALS, & OLYMPIANS by Joy Journeay The ancient myths still enchant us, even more as OLYMPIANS they combine with our button hobby. The rich stories of Zeus mythology have inspired many button pictorials. This is Hera Hermes the first article in a series about these button Ares pictorials, and shall be wordy as it provides a Aphrodite framework for the gods and goddesses. Apollo Artemis The word MYTHOLOGY comes from the Greek words Athena “mythos” (story of the people) and “logos” (word or Demeter speech) and means the spoken story of a people. Dionysus Because it is a spoken collection of tales and fables, Hephaestus there is variation in the whole as it deals with origins, Hestia ABOVE: Silver dime Poseidon showing the original good and evil, life and death, mortals and the gods. PRIMORDIAL liberty coin face. The The Greek myths were historically compiled from a DEITIES John F. Kennedy half- Aether group of sources, and a list is included at the end of Chaos dollar has been set into a this article for the reader, in case further study is Cronus silver base embellished with a desired.