[Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

[River Woman]

I would love a class in August on using the crimper, etc. I would love to be 
able to finish my jewelry by myself instead of waiting and only getting it 
done about 2 times a year by daughters who live far away. Where can we buy 
the itmes you have suggested? I will get them and be ready for August. Lynda
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda


>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
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>
>> 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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