[Nfb-krafters-korner] Chang Board was RE: Where Do You Get Your Design Inspiration?

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What is a Chang Board?

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Eileen Scrivani
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 10:27 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> 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
> 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> 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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