[BlindMath] Making raised line drawings with craft materials.

[Susan Jolly]

It is very common for sighted adults people who are interested in crafts to
make raised line drawings for coloring.  You might have some crafty friends
who would love to do this for you. I've done it once or twice just to see
how it works and it is quite easy if you are sighted and have the right
items which are easy to find and not very expensive. 

Here's how it  is done.  I'm not suggesting you do it yourself; just FYI.
One method requires embossing powder, rubber or acrylic stamps with
appropriate pictures, a stamp pad with embossing ink, and a heat gun. One
stamps a stamp on the stamp pad and then on paper.  While the ink is still
wet it is sprinkled with embossing powder aand then heated a few seconds
until it melts. Once it cools and solidifies there is a raised line drawing.
It requires a proper heat gun, which can usually be purchased for around
twenty dollars, not a hair dryer so is something that should be done only
by an adult.  A simpler method is to use a  special pen with embossing ink,
draw a picture on paper, sprinkle with embossing powder and heat with the
heat gun.

The WOW! brand of embossing powder makes a powder called "Clear Braille
Ultra High" that is supposedly able to produce dots or lines raised to the
standard height of embossed braille.

The US craft company RangerInk sells a pair of embossing pens for about five
dollars.

HTH,
Susan J.