[Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

[River Woman]

Hello Joyce,

On my website:
The pottery was done since sight loss.
The paintings done before sight loss.
Jewelry, mostly done before sight loss but a few were done since sight loss.

 I do not know how to finish off a nceklace - I can do the beading of larger 
beads but cannot finish anything as I don't know how to use the crimper 
tool.  My daughters have finished things for me and they do not live near me 
so I can only get them done a couple times a year when I visit them. I work 
until I have a lot of things done except for the clasps, then take them all 
with me when I visit daughters and they finish them up. I really want to be 
able to do them myself.

I have some peripheral vision, no central vision. I can tell where I am in 
the room, and can see light, but no detail of anything. I can only see 
things if there is strong contrast and it has to be something large. Like 
walking in a snowstorm that is very gray. Every thing is a blurr for me. On 
the 10 levels of blindness, I am at level 9, next to total blindness I was 
told it is called "profound sight loss" by the dr.

Cabachons are stones made from any gem or semi-precious gem stone, but they 
are flat on one side and lay flat on the surface. There is no hole in them. 
You have to do beadwork all around them and secure them to the surface with 
certain stitchwork.  It is called "capturing the stone."  I do this first in 
my design, capturing any cabs that I am putting on the surface. Then, after 
each cab is captured, the design work around the stones is done. It is 
called "encrusted beadwork" and is a medieval technique. I had been doing 
research on this kind of work when on Sabbatical, and lost my sight when I 
was 1/2 way through the Sabbatical. This is what I want to do once again, I 
am crazy about this kind of work. It is very complex and heavy, done in 
layers. The entire surface is covered completely with beadworking. No bit of 
the surface shows, only the beading. I love it.

The things I sell at the festivals are my current work - all done since 
sight loss - pottery and jewelry.

Lynda Lambert
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Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:50 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda


> What is gem stone cabachons ?
>
> Linda so is the work on your website and jewelry work done by you before 
> or
> after you went blind?
>
> Do you have any sight at all?
>
> Is the things you are selling at the craft shows your current work?
>
> Joyce
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