[BlindTlk] Learning Handicraft Skills

[Ericka]

I think the best on this subject would be to call the staff at your nearest training center and ask to speak to the industrial arts teacher. They really know what they’re doing. When I was in Minneapolis, our cited teacher always had the lights off. He said he wanted to work on the same playing level as the rest of us. Nobody got hurt! You’re right it’s dangerous, but if you know what you’re doing and use safety guidelines that anyone else would use your OK.

Ericka Nelson

> On Mar 11, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Kelby Carlson via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I want to be careful also as well, because some of the things I want
> to do (e.g. woodworking) are potentially dangerous so I want to be
> careful.
> 
>> On 3/11/19, Kelby Carlson <kelbycarlson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> To answer your questions:
>> 1. Currently I don't live in a place that allows me to have to have an
>> outdoor work area.
>> 2. I am more interested in constructing useful things rather than making
>> art.
>> 3. I am also learning (very slowly) to cook and we are hoping to brew
>> at some point--that's the closest thing to "art" I would be doing. I'd
>> like to garden, but that isn't a live option yet.
>> Thankfully (unfortunately?) I have sighted people to help me out, but
>> it can be a challenge to figure out adapting their methods for me.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 3/11/19, Julie Johnson via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> I do a lot of these sorts of things including sewing, gardening, soap
>>> making, crochet, candle making, and some others.  I never took a class or
>>> had anyone to teach me, excepting crochet, which my grandmother taught
>>> me.
>>> I read books, listened to youtube videos and did a lot of trial and
>>> error.
>>> 
>>> There are so many things that could be considered in this category.  Do
>>> you
>>> 
>>> have a specific interest or some sort of criteria to narrow down the
>>> options?  Do you have a shop area?  Or will this need to be indoors?  Can
>>> your tools be left out in a designated area or will you need to pack up
>>> everything in between use?   Are you more interested in creating art, or
>>> do
>>> 
>>> you want to create things to use everyday?
>>> 
>>> If you can narrow down your interest a bit, I'd be happy to help you
>>> figure
>>> 
>>> out how to make it happen.
>>> 
>>> Julie
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Kelby Carlson via BlindTlk
>>> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 9:04 AM
>>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Kelby Carlson
>>> Subject: [BlindTlk] Learning Handicraft Skills
>>> 
>>> All,
>>> 
>>> Does anybody have any suggestions on what skills are the most feasible
>>> to learn while blind that involve handicrafts? I'm thinking of working
>>> with wood, metal etc, building, things like that. I know that the NFB
>>> training centers teach some of this, but my family situation does not
>>> make it feasible for me to go there. Are there any ways to learn these
>>> on your own or work with a sighted person who can figure out ways to
>>> teach the skills?
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Kelby Carlson
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