[Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

Fri Jun 18 00:26:32 UTC 2010

Thank you very much, Lynda for the fabulous compliment.  Yes, I love copper, too, but I haven't worked with it in quite some time.  Have you checked out Fire Mountain Gems and Beads?  They have outstanding customer service, and fabulous prices most of the time.  I got my crimping pliers from them.  I have never heard of the tornado crimps before.  I'll have to check if they have them.  Please don't give up.  If I could do this, anyone can do it.  You have a lot of years of experience.  Blindness isn't going to stand in your way.  I firmly believe that blindness can be reduced to a mere nuisance when you learn the right alternatives.  I was one that flunked handicrafts.  Actually, I think the teacher felt sorry for me, so she always gave me C's.  I did well academically, but couldn't do anything in her class.  I think she figured an F would look bad, so she gave me a C.  When she found out I was designing jewelry, she simply couldn't believe it.  I haven't seen her in years.  I'm thinking when I go home, I should go see her and show her that my jewelry-making wasn't a myth made up by childhood friends.  Mind you, I don't know that I could develop the patience to knit, crochet, or do anything like that, but I'd love to learn how to make cabochons stay on a piece by using beads.  Oops, that would require patience, though, wouldn't it?  

I am really glad you're going to try to crimp your pieces yourself.  Even if you had to restring a time or three, don't let it discourage you.  Did I read it right that you had a studio since 1976?  That is a lot of experience behind you.  Have a fabulous day.

Warm regards,
Sahar Husseini
For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, Please visit my Website at
www.saharscreations.com
And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
Michael Jordan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: River Woman 
  To: List for blind crafters and artists 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:45 PM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

  So wonderful to meet you and see your beautiful necklaces and other jewelry. 
  You do beautiful work and I love the quality of materials you use. First 
  Class!!!
  I do this too, I work mostly with gem stones and sterling silver, and I am 
  also very partial to copper so use that as well.

  You have really really inspired me to keep on trying and not give up on how 
  to dfo the clasps myself. I am going to practice till I GET it. I got all my 
  bead stuff out in my studio today, and I am gonna sit and WORK till I can do 
  it myself. Thank you so much. I will let you know how that turns out later 
  on when I get some practicing done.

  Also, I never use GLUE for anything ever. It is a BAD four letter word. 
  Never use GLUE on cabachons. They are held in place by the beadworking that 
  is done to secure them to the surface. Once I get on to doing my own clasps 
  again, then I plan to work on the seed bead projects again - just have to 
  use the patience I was given. I DO have a lot of patience. Now, I just have 
  to use what I have. haha

  thanks again, and please keep in touch with me. Lynda
  Lynda Lambert
  River Road Studio, Since 1976
  www.lyndalambert.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
  To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

  > Hi Lynda,
  >
  > With a bit of practice, you can crimp your clasps again.  I have a 
  > crimping tool that I use.  It really is easy, especially since you'd done 
  > this before.  Now, you'd just do it by feel instead of looking.  I use a 
  > 2X2 standard crimp tube, and I use crimping pliers.  My first few I did 
  > were either too tight or too loose, but then, the more I did, the better I 
  > got.  Of course, I had to restring the first few necklaces I made eleven 
  > years ago, but I got through that frustration.  The beadwork you described 
  > sounds fabulous.  I have not yet tackled using seed beads and weaving or 
  > any of that small work because I don't have the patience.  I would love to 
  > work with cabochons, too, but I hate glue, intensely.  *smile*  I am 
  > totally blind, and I make beaded jewelry using gemstones, sterling silver, 
  > pewter, and sometimes glass.  For years, I let my husband do my earrings. 
  > Then, I decided that since I told my clients they could do anything they 
  > wanted, I had better learn how to make that silly loop and start making 
  > earrings.  I teach at a rehabilitation center in Nebraska since jewelry 
  > doesn't pay the bills.  Now, I can make earrings, and that opened up a new 
  > world of designs for me.  Yes, I broke a few headpins, and still do 
  > sometimes.  The thing is, I now know I can do it.  I haven't yet decided 
  > to tackle seed beads and gluing cabochons, not because I think a totally 
  > blind person couldn't do it, but because when I was born, there was a 
  > shortage of patience, and I didn't get any.  *smile*  I hope you find some 
  > helpful tips on here.  You definitely can do this yourself again.
  >
  > Warm regards,
  > Sahar Husseini
  > For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, Please visit my Website at
  > www.saharscreations.com
  > And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
  > If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
  > Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
  > Michael Jordan
  >  ----- Original Message ----- 
  >  From: River Woman
  >  To: List for blind crafters and artists
  >  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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