[Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

[Laurie Porter]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda


>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
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>>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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