[Nfb-krafters-korner] hand building with terra cotta clay

Sat Jul 2 03:06:48 UTC 2011

I would say your memory goes back many generations, not just your own time 
and experiences. I do not believe we are born as a blank slate, but that we 
are born with the knowledge and experiences of centuries of ancestors within 
us and it is those things that come out in our work.
Lynda River Woman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "joseli Walter" <joseli at thezoolady.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hand building with terra cotta clay


> That's how I got the idea of some animal shapes, like lions and other big
> cats that would be too dangerous to touch live.  For the rest of the 
> animals
> I use in my sculpting, I go from memory of live animals I have handled, 
> and
> having had an upbringing including lots of different encounters with
> animals, I have a pretty good memory bank to draw from.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Zimmer, Cindy
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:53 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hand building with terra cotta clay
>
> This is where tactile drawings would work great.
>
> One thing I try to do with clients is when we go to the zoo, go into the
> gift shop and let them feel the different animals.  They feel the shapes,
> fur etc.  and can get a better understanding of each animal.
>
> I'm off to convention soon.  Looking forward to meeting some of you there!
>
> Cindy Z.
>
>
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> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dick Carlson
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:58 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hand building with terra cotta clay
>
> Interesting question, because I encountered that recently.
> Willy wanted to know about drawing, so I just gave him a piece of paper 
> and
> asked him to draw what he thought a tree looked like.
> He drew basically a stick or vertical line with little shapes or designs
> that represented leaves.
> Interesting.  I could actually understand how he could picture that.
> That's why I ask questions, just to see about perceptions as well.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Powers, Terry
> (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:47 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hand building with terra cotta clay
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> Can you clay users describe how you know what an item looks like before 
> you
> make it out of clay.  It kind of puzzles me.  If you want to make a leaf, 
> do
> you go out and pick one and copy it?  If you can not see it on the tree, 
> how
> can you design it.  How can you carve it out of clay.  Even with plastic
> camvis, I some times have trouble with shapes.  Transfering a rounded item
> into a square patern is not easy and still make it look round.
> Even though my sight is not as good as it was when I was a kid, I have
> designed a Christmas tree, because I know it is wide at the bottom and
> pointed at the top, to me, like a triangle and the branches go in and out.
> With some planning and that consept, I created my own.  How do you create
> your shapes in clay.  With camvis, stitches can be taken out or you can 
> make
> a sample, before the final, with all the background.
>
> Terry Powers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hand building with terra cotta clay
>
> I use three kinds of clay usually.
> Low Fire Terracotta, 104
> and white, 105
> Mid-fire buff color, 553
> All clays can be used for hand building, hand throwing, or wheel throwing.
> The big difference is in the firing temperatures. The low fire will not 
> have
> the strength that mid-fire, or high-fire will have and the low fire is NOT
> FOOD SAFE, that is the BIG difference.  You can put food into it for
> serveing, but you cannot cook in it nor keep food in it for storage.
> All take a firing from clay to bisque. The low fire does not need an
> additional firing and you can finish it with Johnstons Mop and Glow, 
> paint,
> or stains.
> The mid-and high-fire clays can be blazed and fired another time, or two
> more times depending on the finish you are after. Most of my mid-fire
> vessels are fired three times due to the deep surfaces I want in my work -
> and all my work is glazed by compressor and spray gun.
>
> I do fire my low fire things twice usually but not always.
>
> Hoep that helps a little.
>
> Lynda River Woman
> I use Standard Ceramics Clays
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> From: "Diane" <dianefilipe at peoplepc.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 8:03 AM
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>
>>I can Georgia.
>> The studio I "play" at uses Red Rock.
>> Diane
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>> From: "Georgia Kitchen" <gakitchen at gfn.org>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:36 PM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hand building with terra cotta clay
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>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know a blind person that uses  terra cotta clay to hand
>>> build
>
>>> objects with??
>>> Best,
>>> Georgia
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