[Artists-making-art] Chris Heckel

[Lynda Lambert]

this is very exciting to me! I am a visual artist who lost my sight 6 years ago - and have learned how to create again by learning how to adapt to non-visual techniques and adaptive technologies.  After nearly 6 years of working very hard, I have come back to "full steam ahead" with my work.
Thank you for sharing this information.

Lynda McKinney Lambert, Author and Fine Artist

http://www.lyndalambert.com
http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com

Recent feature stories on my career: see attachment.






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  From: Chris Heckel 
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  Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 2:27 PM
  Subject: [Artists-making-art] Chris Heckel


  Hi

  My name is Chris Heckel.  I’m a student of Dr. Paul Gabias, a leader in the National Federation of the Blind who lives in Canada, and works as a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna BC.  I have taken two of his courses, the Psychology of Touch I and the Psychology of Touch II. 

  In the Psychology of Touch II course, I Learned about the research to date on how blind and sighted people take  lines and patterns of lines to represent objects, layouts of objects and events. 

  During one class, I had the opportunity to meet Dr. John Kennedy, the pioneer in the field of haptic pictures of and for the blind.  My respect for Dr. Kennedy and Dr. Gabias, among other things, led me to pursue this line of investigation.  I am fascinated by the similarities and possible differences with respect to how blind and sighted people deal with representational systems for depicting objects, scenes and events.  I’m interested in drawings, because that’s what I’ve studied so far.

  Dr. Gabias and I will be meeting with Dr. Al Maneki and his team at E.A.S.Y. LLC.  They have the beginnings of an entire line of products that allow for the creation, editing, digital transmission and reproduction of raised line drawings.  In  a draft article that Dr. Maneki has sent to Dr. Gabias, entitled:

  The Dawn of the Age of Tactile Fluency:

  Let the Revolution Begin!

  Dr. Maneki wrote: “Up to now, parents of every blind child have inevitably run up against this vexing problem: “My blind child will be taking Geometry next year. Now, what do we do with all of those drawings?””

  Indeed, what do we do with “all of those drawings”?  And further, what meanings can lines and patterns of lines take on, in “all of those drawings”?

  That’s the question that I would like to explore in my studies with Dr. Gabias

  So, Dr. Gabias suggested that I become familiar with the National Federation of the Blind, its people, its philosophy of blindness and its structure.  That’s what I’m coming to the convention to do.  I anticipate that this convention will only be my first, in a long line of future conventions.

  I’m writing this article, simply to introduce myself to you, and to ask for your help.

  Because my explorations are very preliminary, I’m wanting to have conversations with people about all kinds of things, but particularly depiction.  In the course of our conversations, I hope to be able to show you a few drawings and ask you for your impressions about them.

  I wanted you to  know a little something about me, before the convention, should I get the opportunity to meet you.  Please look me up if you are interested in meeting me.  I’m staying at the Rosen Centre Hotel.  I’ll be arriving on the 30th of June, at around 10 PM.  You just have to look me up, by asking to be connected to my room by the hotel switch board.

  I’m looking forward to meeting you all,

  Best Regards

  Chris Heckel



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