Link: https://gardinerbryant.com/making-buttons-into-little-pieces-of-art/

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The original was posted on /r/sbcgaming by /u/DashWriting on 2026-08-16 23:46:29+00:00.

This is just a very small interview (at least by my standards!) with Jiayu, a girl from China who spends her time custom-making replacement buttons for handhelds like the AYN Thor, Odin 3, the Steam Deck, Switch, 3DS and so on. I love her buttons on the Thor handhelds (she owns a lot of systems!)

I chatted to her a bit for another article I wrote about the community which has grown for the AYN Thor, but there was so much I couldn't use in that one that I thought it'd be nice to share out chat in full.

She covers plenty of the process: how and why she makes custom buttons, and there's a bunch of behind the scenes pics of her work. I know this is a little different to what you normally see in the scene, but I love her craft and just hope this is a bit of fun regardless.

Hope some of you enjoy it!