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

[Marianne Denning]

What is a chang board?
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From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 10:27 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Where Do You Get Your Design Inspiration?


>< 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
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] WelcomeBeth
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>> 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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