[Nfb-krafters-korner] Current Project

Thu Aug 26 11:17:13 UTC 2010

This sounds fun!  The brailler sure makes it easier, too.  You can start at the top or start at the bottom.

With a cake, I would make the plate, how ever big you want and make the cake strait up for a while and gradually slant it.  The top is usually flat with a few stick candles.  If you leave the cake open, I mean, just do the outline, then you can braille what ever you might write on the cake, such as HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The lite bright might help in creating your picture.  
Someone who knows what an airplane really looks like, could do the body and move up and down to position the wings and tail.  Same idea with a fish.

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Terrence van Ettinger [mailto:terrencevane at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 7:06 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Current Project

Hmm, how to make a birthday cake...let me do it again this evening and I'll post directions.  Sadly that one isn't in my book.  The Eifel Tower?  Seems you all have found a few I haven't encountered yet.

Terrence

On 8/25/10, Terrence van Ettinger <terrencevane at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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