[Nfb-krafters-korner] Where Do You Get Your Design Inspiration?

[Eileen Scrivani]

< Terry had asked ... "How do you come up with new ideas or designs?>

Terry:

This is a question that a lot of crafty people ask and its a good one.  This 
is really a question of where we get our design inspiration, and I think 
that you've already found the answer weather you realize it or not.

Terry you did the best thing, by looking or feeling around your environment, 
finding a design you found interesting and then went about translating it 
into your plastic canvas.  This same technique can be done in knitting or 
sewing or I suppose just about anything.  In my case, knitting, if I find a 
design or motif I like then the question comes around to how can I form that 
pattern with knitting stitches.  I don't design my own stuff that often, but 
every now and then do work on my own originals.  I start by looking at the 
space or shape I want covered and then figuring out how many stitches will 
fit using a given yarn & needle size (gauge).  Then I start thinking about 
what might look good over that space.  If I have a certain shape/pattern in 
mind for the actual stitches, then I do a little experimenting to see how 
the pattern might work out.  Often I'll feel ceramic dishes, or crystal 
pieces, even the curve on a stair's hand rails can be interesting.

It's an interesting question and will be good to hear how other people work 
this out.  By the way does any one use a "Chang" board for laying out 
designs?

Eileen


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From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 1:32 PM
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] WelcomeBeth

> No affence anyone, but I like crafts that are not messy and can go where 
> ever I go.  I take my crafts to work, every day.  Just to day, I took on 
> the chalange, to see if I could knit on the shuddle bus to main campus. 
> When my husband was with me, a lot of the time, I would work on my plastic 
> canvis in the car.  I think Laurie has said she takes her beading with 
> her.  I can not imagine doing that yet.  To many pieces to keep track of.
> Looking forward to convention and being to show off my work.
> A friend at work, helped me start a portfolio of pictures of my work.  I 
> had already started a tactual one.
>
> Since I will not be here on Friday, I want to start a new question.
> This subject came up The Monday before you started on the last dish cloth.
>
> How do you come up with new ideas or designs?
>
> What started this is, I was telling everyone about a new shower kertin I 
> had gotten.  It is a sea design and each picture is in a frame.  Each 
> frame is not stacked, but like in a zig, zag design.  If you look at one 
> picture and move strait up you are seeing the edges of 2 and a gap where 
> they connect.
>
> I had done a design with just squares, then I added, what I call, criss 
> cross lines, like the lines of graph paper.  So why not make the squares 
> like on the kertin.  I would call them zig, zag squares with seperating 
> lines.  I am also going to do it with out the lines.  Different sized 
> squares need to be used to make this balance out.
>
> I am also working on making a ripple design.  I thought of that a long 
> time ago, but never took on the chalange.
> I got half of one side of an eye glass case done, so far.
> Sure is pretty, in royal and periwinkle.
>
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Beth Moline [mailto:bethbumblebee at charter.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:09 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] WelcomeBeth
>
> Hi Lynda, it sounds like you do well with the pottery. I've never used a 
> potter's wheel if that's what it's called. I sure would like to try 
> though.
>
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