Gary is one of the best local carvers I know and I commission buttons from him whenever I can. Mostly collectors purchase carved buttons from me, but the occasional imaginative wearable artist creates something worthy of elegant buttons like these. I had to designate him as a member of my shop because ETSY wouldn't let me call it handmade if I wasn't involved in the making. I did commission the carving as a button and I have commissioned other buttons that should arrive soon.