[Nfb-krafters-korner] Current Project

[Theresa Taylor]

Terance I would love it! My daughter does scrap booking and she is losing 
her sight quickly. She tries to incorperate braille pics, but alot of people 
thought she was crazy....I am thrilled to tell her how many people try.
Thanks and congrats on the knitting!
Theresa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Current Project


> I've never done a wedding cake; in the times I've been doing this sort
> of thing, there haven't been weddings to do those for, plus I'd never
> seen a pattern.  For those who've never done this before, here's a
> couple of designs to play with.  Wherever there's a contraction, I've
> written it in ALL CAPS.
>
> Heart:
> Line 1: s, e, i, WH
> Line 2: GH, space twice, AR
> Line 3: Space, e, i
>
> Man and woman:
> Line 1: Space, OW, o, space twice, OW, o
> Line 2: e, w, r, i, e, w, r, i
> Line 3: Space, 4-5-6, l, space twice, THE, z
> Line 4: Space, number-sign, v, space twice, number-sign, v
>
> I have a whole Word file of patterns that I have, sadly, lost the url
> for, but I would be happy to send it to anyone who wants it.
>
> Terrence
>
> On 8/25/10, Henrietta Brewer <gary.brewer at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have a friend from the Michigan School for the Blind who makes
>> skeletons and lots of things with braille.
>>
>> Carol and I have done some. I like making he Birthday cake.  A weddng
>> cake is fun too.  I should make a patern. Each time I try I just go
>> by trial and error.
>> HenriettaAt 06:15 PM 8/25/2010, you wrote:
>>>Hey there, all,
>>>Just thought I'd share a project I'm currently working on.  The center
>>>where I work is collaborating with a local diverse arts organization
>>>to put on a touchable art show.  Some months back, I made a card for
>>>one of our clients with a birthday cake on the outside and a sailboat
>>>and some fish on the inside, all done using Braille signs.  Lowell,
>>>our shop instructor and lead for the Touchable Art show venture,
>>>indicated that he'd like to see some pictures done in Braille for the
>>>show.  So, I've gotten to revive an old interest from back when I was
>>>a kid, and even classify it as work.  Now how cool is that?
>>>
>>>Terrence
>>>
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>> Henrietta
>> ~I wish you enough~
>>
>>
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