[Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

Fri Jun 18 13:10:07 UTC 2010

I really want to look over your work.  I think with my arthritis, I might be able to handle wire better than thread.  With thread, I still use beads a bit larger than the others in the class.  I use 4,6 and maybe 8 mm beads.

Terry P

-----Original Message-----
From: Sahar Husseini [mailto:sahar at inebraska.com]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 7:41 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

It's sad.  I'm a beader, and I won't fix jewelry that I had that broke.  I don't really know why.  It sits for years because it was expensive.  I don't want to throw it away, so it sits.  Most of the stuff I don't want to repair was Alaskan native jewelry I bought years ago when I lived in Anchorage.  It's gorgeous work, and I'm sure it can be fixed.  I'm really not a fan of thread.  I only use wire in my beading.  Just about everything that I have that breaks has thread.  Well, I can restring it on wire, but I just don't take the time.  As for the stuff that was seed-beaded by Native Alaskans, I'd have to learn how to play with seed beads, and I would have to buy, beg, borrow, or steal some patience from somewhere.  *smile*

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: qubit
  To: List for blind crafters and artists
  Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

  Hi -- I haven't been following this thread carefully, but am starting to get
  interested for one reason: I would like to be able to repair old broken
  jewelry myself if that is possible.
  Is there a trick to doing this? I suppose it depends on the jewelry.  The
  most annoying things are bead thread that breaks and splatters beads all
  over, disintegrating my necklace in the process, and links that come undone
  so an earing or necklace or whatever falls apart.  I know there probably
  isn't much that can be done with my beaded jewelry -- darn, they were
  expensive, and one was a gift that I really loved.  But what about the
  broken link problem?  Do you have tools for fixing these?
  Thanks in advance.
  --le

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
  To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:26 PM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

  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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