[Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

Tue Jun 22 16:04:17 UTC 2010

Laurie,

I ordered the five inch revere chain nose plyers, and the needles I ordered 
are 2 1/2 inches long, plus I ordered the sterling silver crimps....are 
these ok?
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
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>>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
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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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