[Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!

Tue Dec 7 00:45:28 UTC 2010

Dick,

If will is up for making another picture, then go for it.  If he wants to do
another one then ask him what  his ideas are.  See if he wants to make one
with a theme, Christmas, New Years, winter, school break, nature, etc.
There is no wrong idea.  If he wants to glue sand on a sheet of paper and
call it a beach, then let him do it.  

Annette

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dick Carlson
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:02 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists; List for blind crafters and
artists; List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!

Oh, I almost forgot to write that Willy said thanks for the cool idea.

I should also say that he was a little bit more at ease about his finger
being in the glue.  It was a little amusing to watch the extra care he took
to only initially use his finger tip to try and spread the glue on the
material or paper.  He wondered why it was taking a long time, and I told
him that it was because he was barely touching the glue and getting very
little on the things.  I think he's beginning to understand that, but too
bad it had to happen now that it's over.

Do you guys think more work and things like these would be helpful for him
as well so that he can get a better idea?  I think that could help, and like
I said, mhemight be a little less leery the next one.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dick Carlson <dick.carlson0428 at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Dec 5, 2010 6:29 PM
>To: List for blind crafters and artists 
><nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>, List for blind crafters and artists 
><nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!
>
>Hello everyone!  Great to write you all again.
>I wanted to let you guys know, since you've been quite supportive that
today, Will finished the collage!  As I told you, it had been several
weekends that we hadn't seen one another, or if we did, we didn't do it for
much time.  Due to colds and going out of town and such, today was the first
day we were able to spend some hours together.
>
>Believe it or not, it's pretty sunny here, so we were able to go outside
for a while and go to the near by park so that he could play on the swings
and whatever else he wanted.  He's definitely more of a swinger.  Not many
kids were at the park today, so he had a swing to himself for a while.  He
did take his cane.  A couple of times, when we'd begin getting ready to
walk, he still kept it folded and in his pocket.  I told him it would be a
lot better for him to have it out.  I guess that when he went with my folks
for Thanksgiving, neither they nor my sister really did anything to get him
to incorporate the cane whenever they went out because he said that he was
told it got in the way.  Oh well, I'll help change that.
>
>However, when we got home and ate some lunch, I asked if he wanted to
finish the collage, and he said he did.  He asked if I would help him, and I
told him I would.  Between the two of us, we got the rest of the little
scraps and materials and put them on the paper that got put on to cardboard.
There wasn't too much left for him to do, as it wasn't too big, but it was
enough to keep us entertained for a little while, anyway!  He did get a
little better at finding places to put the materials and finding spaces
where they could be pasted.  Good for him.  Sometimes, watching him, I
wanted to (and sometimes did) help him and show him where would be good.
But, he was able to do more on his own and get them pasted.
>
>Oh, he was happy when we were done!  He said he'd never really done
anything like that before, because all they really did in school was to
draw.  That's why when you recommended doing some kind of idea like this, it
really fit the bill!  He could finally say he had a project for himself.
And, with some of the items we used, I did talk to him about colors, just so
he knew a bit of what they were.
>
>I think he's believing me a bit more about how fun this stuff can be and
that not everything has to be completely perfect and neat and stuff like
that.  In fact, he asked if we were going to do more things like these, and
I asked if he wanted to do more.  He said he would.  This was a great step
for him!
>
>The pasting part was a little better.  He still had initial leeriness, but
that wasn't too big of a deal.
>
>So...one project done, and many more to come!!  Any advice or opinions on
what could be next would be fantastic for us.  I kind of think it might be a
good thing to build on the things we've done so far.  I also want him to be
able to use his hands again.  
>
>Dick
>
>What a great time!  We're thrilled to have finished and I'm happy that it
went well.  
>
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