[Nfb-krafters-korner] new member

River Woman riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Tue Jun 8 19:02:46 UTC 2010 

The floors are not slippery at all where I make pottery. The floors are 
cleaned with a power washer regularly and kept very clean, so not a problem. 
In my own studio, I clean up after every session that I work there. By 
keeping the work space clean every day, it is never a problem. That college 
pottery room must have really been dirty for it to be slippery. Sorry that 
you had such a fright over it and was not able to have the joy of making 
pottery because of that. Now you can look back on it with a chuckle though, 
when you reflect on your public speaking experiences, too.
Lynda
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new member


> The closest I came to making pottery is when I signed up for a pottery 
> class
> in college. However, the first day, I entered the ceramics room and
> discovered how incredibly slippery the floor was, and I, having brittle
> bones, felt it was way too dangerous to risk falling and fracture my back
> just to learn pottery. So I dropped pottery and added public speaking. 
> (Now
> that was really dangerous...*smile* at least I was one who got very 
> nervous
> doing public speaking.  I heard of a study once that of a list of things
> most people are terrified to do, public speaking beats out dying in some
> people's minds.  I'm not quite that bad, but it takes me a bit of work to
> prepare something I am going to deliver to an audience.)
> Anyway, how do you deal with the incredibly slippery floors in the pottery
> room?
> It's worse than ice.
> It's like a frictionless surface.
> --le
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "MS S TILLETT" <suetillett at verizon.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 7:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new member
>
>
> I used to do pottery.  I took three semesters of pottery in college and
> learned to throw pots on the wheel, and also some handbuilding.  Some 
> years
> later, when I was working at the Senior Center, I taught a pottery class
> there for about ten years.  The class was all handbuilding, and we glaised
> and fired our things at the local community college.  I had folks from age
> 40 to 90 and two alzheimers women.  It was a wonderful class.  We made
> bowls, napkin rings, mugs, lamps, teapots, and little animals.  I loved 
> it.
> I wish I had access to a kick wheel.
>
> Sue, Wonder, and Gilly
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: slery
>  To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>  Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 10:20 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new member
>
>
>  Welcome, Lynda.
>
>  I am a photographer learning how to be a blind crafter. Feel free to jump
> in
>  and ask any questions. We have many knitters here, both sighted turned
> blind
>  and always blind. They can share many techniques with you.
>
>  Good news. We have a blind instructor that teaches classes via phone in
>  beading/jewelry making all the time. I think she is teaching a class 
> about
>  once a month or every two months. She also makes homemade jams and 
> jellies
>  and sells her jewelry at farmers' markets and fairs during the summer. 
> Her
>  name is Laurie Porter.
>
>  I do not remember if we have anyone on this list that does pottery or 
> not.
>  However, if you don't get answers to your questions in this area, let me
>  know and I will get you in contact with someone that I know locally. She
>  isn't on this list and doesn't use email very often so I will have to 
> call
>  her.
>
>  Again, welcome to the list.
>
>  Cindy Sheets, 1st VP, Webmistress
>  NFB Krafters Division
>  www.KraftersKorner.org
>
>
>
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  > [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>  > Blindhands at aol.com
>  > Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 2:59 PM
>  > To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>  > Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new member
>  >
>  >
>  > We do have another new member that just joined us and she had
>  > sent me
>  > this.  You will find her posting soon under a different email
>  > address as  she
>  > sent this from another email address of hers.  You can reply
>  > to my  email and
>  > she will get to read it on the list.  She is aware of which
>  > address she
>  > signed up for now.
>  >
>  > From: "Lynda Lambert" <_llambert at zoominternet.net_
>  > (mailto:llambert at zoominternet.net) >
>  > To:  <_nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org_
>  > (mailto:nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org) >
>  > Subject:  New Member
>  > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 14:13:17 -0400
>  >
>  > Hello all,
>  >
>  > I am new here and not sure how it rally works. But, I will
>  > post thismessage
>  >  and go from there.
>  >
>  > I am a visual artist and was a Professor of Fine Arts and
>  > Humanities until
>  > I lost my sight in 2007. I was a painter/printmaker.  Now, I
>  > am learing how
>  >  to
>  > make pottery and I am enjoying it very much.  I would love to
>  > meet  other
>  > potters who have vision loss and learn from them how to do
>  > some things in  the future.
>  >
>  > I am also an avid knitter, have knitted most of my life. It
>  > was the only
>  > thing I could do after I lost my sight, and re-learning how
>  > to knit again
>  > without
>  > sight was the beginning of my path to recovery of my
>  > artist/self.  I would
>  > love to talk with other knitters.
>  >
>  > Finally, I have been making gemstone jewelry and doing intricate
>  > beadworking for 7 years and after I lost my sight I have had
>  > a lot of  frustration
>  > doing
>  > it again. I just cannot use the crimp tool to finish off my
>  > work. Does
>  > anyone out there use it, and if so can you tell me HOW I
>  > might do  it.  I would
>  > still
>  > like to do bead embroidery, but have not had the  courage to
>  > try it again,
>  > but I am thinking a lot about it and I do want to begin  to
>  > re-learn how to
>  > do
>  > this non-visually, if that is possible. Does anyone do  bead
>  > embroidery,
>  > Russian Spirals, and things like this using seed beads? Or,
>  > is  this just
>  > wishful
>  > thinking for me???
>  >
>  > I will appreciate any communication, since I have now learned
>  > again how to
>  > use the computer.
>  >
>  > I have a website at:
>  > _http://lyndalambert.com_ (http://lyndalambert.com)
>  >
>  > I started a blog at:
>  > _http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com_
>  > (http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com)
>  >
>  > Thanks.
>  >
>  > Lynda Lambert
>  >
>  > "I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods."
>  > _Georg Trakl,  Austrian poet
>  >
>  > Visit my website:
>  > _http://lyndalambert.com_ (http://lyndalambert.com)
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