[Artbeyondsightmuseums] {Disarmed} George Redhawk animated gifs, Duncan Meerding furniture designer

Mon Jul 27 08:29:45 UTC 2015

We Care Arts Serves As Studio, Safe Space For Disabled Artists
Vincent Van Gogh said that brushstrokes are like speech. And if an 
artist is disabled  and cannot make art, they are silenced. Anyone who 
knows about We Care Arts in Kettering knows that they burst these 
confines and help hundreds of people with disabilities to create on 
canvas, in clay, with cloth, and more. Last year, some 1,300 people took 
classes or worked in their studio.

http://wyso.org/post/we-care-arts-serves-studio-safe-space-disabled-artists

Latest technology to help blind, vision impaired on show in Canberra
Canberra artist Lien To has been able to continue the hobby she loves 
thanks to the latest in technological advances for people who are blind 
or visually impaired.
This weekend, the latest in adaptive technology has been on display in 
Canberra.
The exhibition, hosted by the Royal Society for the Blind (RSB) Canberra 
Blind Society, aims to introduce clients to adaptive technology which 
could make their lives easier.
"I'm an artist so I use CCTV technology to draw a lot of patterns," Ms 
To said.
"It makes things bigger and because I do a lot of fine-detail work, it 
makes it so much easier."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-26/latest-in-technology-to-help-vision-impaired-on-show-in-canberra/6648174
Tactile art show extended through August

    "Oceana: Tactile Art Show for the Blind" by artist Ginger Grevemberg
    Rush has been extended through the month of August at RealArt
    DeRidder Gallery, 108 W. First St., in DeRidder. 

    The purpose of the show is to expose the blind, young and old, to as
    many different types of art as possible and includes tactile
    exploration in abstraction, cubism, sculpture and fantasy.

    http://www.beauregarddailynews.net/article/20150725/NEWS/150729844

    Art Exhibit Gives Blind People a Vision of the Mona Lisa
    The common sign "Please do not touch the art" might be a command for
    many museum
    <http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/03/05/museum-turns-homeless-people-into-art-installation> visitors,
    but Madrid’s famous Museo del Prado
    <https://www.museodelprado.es/en/> is changing that with an exhibit
    in which visitors are encouraged to get hands-on with famous
    artworks, such as the Mona Lisa.
    The museum teamed up with Spain’s
    <http://www.takepart.com/article/2010/10/26/just-asking-prostitutes-spain-ordered-wear-safety-vests> national
    organization for the blind, known as ONCE
    <http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jul/02/news/mn-46882>, to create
    /Touching the Prado/, which gives the blind and visually impaired an
    opportunity to create a mental image of masterpieces with an
    advanced relief printing technique called Didú that allows them to
    touch and visualize the art. The exhibit features six replica
    paintings
    <http://www.takepart.com/feature/2014/05/15/famous-paintings-photoshopped-to-look-like-fashion-models> by
    artists including El Greco and Francisco Goya.
    http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/07/21/exhibit-touch-art

    Blind Artist John Bramblitt Paints By His Sense Of Touch [Video]
    Blind artist John Bramblitt paints by his sense of touch. John
    started to lose his sight when he was 8-years-old. By the time he
    was 30, he started having seizures, which rendered him completely blind.
    Read more at
    http://www.inquisitr.com/2246505/blind-artist-john-bramblitt-paints-by-his-sense-of-touch/#8VCgCpHfdY6KyzwH.99
    Blind Artist, John Bramblitt, Paints By His Sense Of Touch [Video]
    Blind artist John Bramblitt paints by his sense of touch. John
    started to lose his sight when he was 8-years-old. By the time he
    was 30, he started having seizures, which rendered him completely blind.
    Read more at
    http://www.inquisitr.com/2246505/blind-artist-john-bramblitt-paints-by-his-sense-of-touch/#8VCgCpHfdY6KyzwH.99
    Blind Artist, John Bramblitt, Paints By His Sense Of Touch [Video]
    http://www.inquisitr.com/2246505/blind-artist-john-bramblitt-paints-by-his-sense-of-touch/

    Jim Stevens, legally blind, masters the art of sight unseen
    Casual observers of Jim Stevens and his vast collection of artwork
    would have no way of knowing that the sculptor, painter and master
    scrimshander has spent about half of his adult life with a scope of
    vision no larger than a pinhole.
    http://www.aurorasentinel.com/guide/jim-stevens-legally-blind-masters-art-sight-unseen/

  11 Beautifully Haunting GIFs Created By Blind Artist George Redhawk

Don't bother trying to work, because we know you'll never stop staring 
at these.

Artist George Redhawk <http://google.com/+DarkAngel0ne>has put together 
a series of stunning GIFs, perfectly looped and beautifully haunting. 
Even more incredible is that Redhawk is legally blind.

"With the use of visual aides and computer softwares that aide the 
visually impaired, [Redhawk] began to explore the realm of photo 
manipulation with a desire to show the world as he see it from his 
damaged sight," his biography says.

His numerous works have received more than six million views online, he 
said. See his full collection of more than a thousand images on his 
website. <http://google.com/+DarkAngel0ne>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/02/george-redhawk-gifs_n_7713054.html

Website

https://plus.google.com/+DarkAngel0ne/posts

These Pictures Have to Be Seen to Be Believed! Simply Mind Blowing!
George Redhawk, the artist is legally blind.  He creates the images with 
specialized visual aids and digital programs, most of which he 
developed. He uses photo morphing software to create them movement. 
  Redhawk says “Morphing software is designed to morph one photo to 
another photo, but a long time ago, I discovered that if I morph a photo 
to the exact same photo, I could get some pretty amazing movement out of 
it,”

http://enlightenzz.com/inspiring/these-pictures-have-to-be-seen-to-be-believed-simply-mind-blowing/

Blind West Lothian artist designs 'Mr Men' float for Whitburn Gala Day
Lynne Graham teamed up with Ritchie's Garage to design the float, which 
scooped second prize, as well as raising funds for RNIB.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/blind-west-lothian-artist-designs-5975627

Blind, deaf visitors explore ‘Art Without Barriers at Peconic Landing

That’s a reality for many blind and deaf individuals, who, unable to 
touch a painting or run their hands over a smooth sculpture, never learn 
to open the walls of their imaginations to experience the beauty of 
artistic expression, according to Shirley resident Marilyn Tucci, 
independent skills living specialist at the Suffolk Independent Living 
Organization,
Peconic Landing’s Art Without Barriers Sculpture Garden, where 18 
sculptures from around the world are available for all to explore, is, 
for the second year, kicking off a program to help introduce art to 
those with physical challenges.
http://southoldlocal.com/2015/06/29/blind-deaf-visitors-explore-art-without-barriers-at-peconic-landing/

Medway artist Wendy Daws is on the Independent on Sunday’s annual Happy List

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/caring-artist-earns-place-on-39338/

Art by feel: Alex Sar, deafblind portrait artist

Artist Alex Sar has no sight, so how does he paint stunning portraits of 
his subjects? His work has been entered into the Archibald 
Prizehttp://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/deaf-blind-but-able/6570580

Stars' favourite painter reveals his astonishing colourful secret - he's 
colour blind!
HE is one of Scotland’s most successful artists whose colourful 
portraits have been snapped up by some of the music industry’s biggest 
stars.
But after a career spanning more than 40 years as an art teacher and 
professional painter, Bob Harper says he is finally ready to admit to 
the world – he is colour blind.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/stars-favourite-painter-reveals-astonishing-5919993

Tasmania-based furniture designer Duncan Meerding loves the wilderness, 
which comes across in his work – his most popular pieces are simple logs 
whose natural cracks emit soft, warm light. Meerding is also legally 
blind (he retains 5% of his vision in his peripheries), so the use of 
light in his pieces helps him communicate how he sees the world
http://www.boredpanda.com/cracked-log-lamp-furniture-design-legally-blind-duncan-meerding-australia/
Duncan Meerding website
http://duncanmeerding.bigcartel.com/products