[Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda

Wed Jun 23 06:07:59 UTC 2010

Yes, that's fine.
----- 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 22, 2010 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beads and stuff Linda


> 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
>>
>>
>>>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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