[Nfb-krafters-korner] This Small World

River Woman riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Sat Jul 31 14:02:12 UTC 2010 

Methinks sometimes the ways of God are not so mysterious! You filed 
handicrafts class, and I was not permitted to take art throughout high 
school...you had to pass a "drawing" test, and I apparently did not draw the 
stupid pile of football gear well enough to be allowed into the art club. 
God does have a tremendous sense of humor I think.
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 9:40 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] This Small World


> But I already thought we were packed like sardines.  *smile*  Please say 
> hello to everyone.  Alaska was a difficult place to live for me.  I don't 
> think you can be neutral about Alaska; you either love it, or you hate it. 
> I can't imagine being in the middle.  *smile*  Please especially say hello 
> to Lowell, Arlee, and Karen.  I don't know if I know anyone else who works 
> there anymore.  Well, Al Waldron might still work there.  I wonder how 
> he's doing.  Did you, or do you make it to NFB conventions?  We have had 
> crafters' tables there for the last two years.  It would be interesting to 
> see what crafts you work with.  How I ended up being a bead artist after 
> seriously failing handicrafts in school is beyond me.  Methinks God has a 
> great sense of humor.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sahar Husseini
> For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, Please visit my Website at
> www.saharscreations.com
> And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
> If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
> Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
> Michael Jordan
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Terrence van Ettinger
>  To: List for blind crafters and artists
>  Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 7:47 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] (no subject)
>
>
>  I think if this world gets any smaller we're all going to be smushed like 
> sardines!  '-)  That's exactly what I do; I took over the computer and 
> Braille position there a little over 3 years ago.  I'd heard you mentioned 
> a couple of times from Karen etc.
>  Interestingly, there are some who do beading on kumihimo, though I 
> haven't tried doing it that way myself.  Both kumihimo and lucet are 
> cord-making techniques.  Inkle-weaving is a weaving technique that creates 
> a fairly narrow band of fabric, with the warp being the visible part of 
> the material and the weft mostly out of sight, except at the edges.  The 
> warp is wrapped around the pegs of the loom, with alternating strands 
> being held down by threads called heddles, so that you weave the weft into 
> the "sheds" left when the non-heddled threads are alternately raised and 
> then lowered.
>
>  Terrence
>
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>  On Jul 24, 2010, at 9:46 AM, "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com> 
> wrote:
>
>  > Hi Terrence,
>  >
>  > Welcome to the group.  Talk, to me about all of those crafts.  I am an 
> ignoramus, pretty much, about any other craft, except for beading.  Do 
> you, per chance, work at the Alaska Center for the Blind?  I used to be 
> the computer teacher there, until I left in 2001.
>  >
>  > Warm regards,
>  > Sahar Husseini
>  > For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, Please visit my Website at
>  > www.saharscreations.com
>  > And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
>  > If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
>  > Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
>  > Michael Jordan
>  >  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  >  From: Terrence van Ettinger
>  >  To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>  >  Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:50 AM
>  >  Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] (no subject)
>  >
>  >
>  >  Hello, all,
>  >  Just thought I'd go ahead and give you all a bit of an intro, having 
> just come on board last night.  I do a couple different crafts, mostly 
> things I've taken up in the SCA over the past 3 years, some of which I 
> practice fairly regularly, others I sort of dabble in.  My 2 most frequent 
> craft types are kumihimo braiding and lucet, though I am trying to pick up 
> inkle weaving more consistently.  I also have a coiled basket that I've 
> been working on sporadically for some time now, and occasionally do a bit 
> of leather work.  I think I've leaned toward the cord-making methods so 
> much because of their portability.  For a while, I was a woodturner, 
> before I moved to take my current job, but that didn't work out for a 
> number of reasons.  I have also dabbled a bit in Origami, but it's been a 
> while.  It's something I mean to pick up again at some point though and 
> learn a few more designs.  I'm looking forward to hearing from everyone 
> and perhaps picking up some new ideas.  And if anyo
>   ne
>  >    has questions about anything I've mentioned, I'll be more than happy 
> to explain/answer anything.
>  >
>  >  Terrence
>  >
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