[Nfb-krafters-korner] new member
River Woman
riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Wed Jun 9 02:11:26 UTC 2010
Wow, that's too bad. Sounds like they did not have splash guards on the
wheels. No water gets on me at all, except my hands when I work due to
splash guards on the wheels. Yes, we have cement floors, too, but if washed
often they are fine.
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- 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 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new member
> The floors were cement and I don't remember them being slippery. I do
> remember how wet my jeans got and walking back up to campus and having
> them freeze so that they could have stood on their own, in those cold
> Vermont winters.
>
> Sue
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: River Woman
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] new member
>
>
> 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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