[Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

[Laurie Porter]

I have had a few requests on how to use a crimping tool so perhaps we can 
make that an upcoming class for august. I use a pair of regular  chain nose 
pliers to attach crimps, jump rings, clasps, split rings, etc. There is a 
crimp on the market that is really good for one who uses chain nose pliers. 
it is called the tornado crimp and it is easy for blind people to feel where 
the jaws of the plier are going when you close them around the crimp bead 
and it makes  a nice smooth edge around the crimp bead and doesn't flatten 
the bead out so it looks clean and professional looking. The othe 
raccessible tool I use if you haven't discovered them is a Big Eye Needle. 
Basically, they look like 2 strands of wire soldared together at both ends 
and the middle seperates. You insert your thread, push the n thread down 
into the end of the needle and allow the needle to close. I have used them 
successfully on multiple passes through size 6 8 9 10 11 delicas and 
sometimes 15 charlotts but not very much. .
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda


> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> 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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