[Nfb-krafters-korner] crafts and classes

[NCBootman]

Jean,

Thank you for telling us about your culture. It sounds very pretty and 
probably somewhat difficult to craft. As you can learn things along the way, 
maybe there's a way you can start helping share this knowledge and teach 
your people. Since these kinds of things are work for many, perhaps find one 
thing that speaks to your heart. Determine to become the best at that so 
that your work is prized for its quality rather than differentness. One of 
our goals as a group is to stand with you when you try things and keep 
reminding you "Yes you can do this." So, keep us posted and we'll keep 
working with you.

Greg

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jean Parker
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 12:49 AM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] crafts and classes

Dear All:

Thanks for the many craft suggestions and information.  I really appreciate 
it and will consider them all!

Further to the question of traditional crafts in India I want to make some 
clarifications.  I grew up in America and then came to India as an adult.

Traditional crafts in India are as diverse as the country is.  Clothing is 
often very decrative using embroidery, beadwork and small mirrors woven into 
the cloth.  There is a particular type of embroidery done in Kashmir with 
silver or gold matalic thread.  It is very tactile and sometimes three 
dementional.  There are as many kinds of embroidery and weaving as you can 
imagine.  Wood crafting is there as well as metal work etc.

One problem is getting someone to teach these things to blind people.  Some 
blind people make candles or do baskets of some kind.

Although crafts can certainly be found in cities, much of this work is done 
in villages.  Much of it done not necessarily for enjoyment but as piece 
work to make a living or to make something practical for everyday use. 
Also, these things can be geographically specific or particular to a certain 
caste or group.  For example chicken embroidery work is found mostly in 
north India and is produced by people of a certain region who belong to a 
particular caste.

So these things are done as professions rather than as hobbies.  There are 
exceptions of course but it's not like you sign up at some local place to 
take a class in weaving or ceramics.  The choices for this are quite 
limited.

Thanks again for the info as these all sound like good ideas and easy to 
create.
I like the idea of email classes as well.  I take classes online and teach 
in a Master's level university program online as well and it really is 
effective. Since these are asynchronis meaning you don't have to be online 
at any specific time, it works well for me and the often irradic power 
situation.  We use a lot of battery backup but some appliances consume to 
much energy and can't be used on the battery backup.  Also, our power cuts 
often go well beyond the length of the battery.
As far as class timing, morning time in America is evening for us so that 
works the best.  Of course very late at night in America is morning for us 
so that also works but mostly people don't want to stay up that late unless 
they are on the west coast.

Again, thanks for all the help.  Asking questions is fine, that's how we all 
learn.

Jean

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