[Nfb-krafters-korner] pliars for crimping
Laurie Porter
freespirit1 at tds.net
Fri Jun 18 21:42:32 UTC 2010
I have the short nose pliers for crimping but i use the longer ones with
wire and cahain.
----- Original Message -----
From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] pliars for crimping
> Can you tell which kind of pliers to buy. There are several there on that
> site. Short or long nose? What is best to get?
>
>
> 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: Saturday, June 12, 2010 10:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda
>
>
>> www.fusionbeads.com it has free shipping and no minimum order.
>> ----- 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
>>>
>>>
>>>>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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