[Nfb-krafters-korner] clay

Mon Oct 3 17:11:28 UTC 2011

Linda;
How do you access your computer, with large print or do you have speech.  I have Jaws and a braille display.  I also have a braille embosser after many years trying to get one.  I also use a note taker.  
Terry

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From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 11:58 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] clay

Hi Terry,
Yes, I have had art shows, solo exhibitions, all over the world. My career is archived at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. 
I have a package here that I am getting ready to send them to add to the archive on me - anyone who goes to the archives dept. there can ask for my file and do research on my career and my art.

I have been doing exhibitions all over the world since   the late 1970s.  I 
do Artist-in-Residency projects, with galleries and museums, too.Already working on project plans through 2013 at this time. I always have several exhibition projects in the que at any time. Art is my life and my business.

Thanks for the advice - it is very weird to me when a very mobile person is not permitted to travel on an event without a sighter guide when I do not need one at all.

About the clay. You can get whatever kind of clay you like and I am assuming it will be the kind that dries and does not need to be fired in a kiln. Your local crafts store can help you with this decision. Or, you can visit the dick blick website to order it online.

I do not use this kind of clay and don't know much about it.  Clay IS messy and you cannot work on things just anywhere - I would never think of traveling with it, myself. I work on things on a spcial table in my studio, but I have worked on my kitchen counter too.

Working with clay is a slow process, it cannot be rushed.  It is for very patient people, I would say.
You can listen in and get the scoop when I do the classes, of course. We will have two discussions first.  I will talk about regular fired clay, and another person will address no-fire clays.  Our discussion will address the differences in the clays as we have experienced them. We won't be teaching anything until our class projects in January. I have proposed to teach three projects, and will get that all settled with Joyce and she will make the official announcments, I think.  Until then, I am working on the three projects myself, will be photographing each step of the project, and will write descriptions for each step. I plan to post them on my blog, and on FaceBook so everyone can access them at any time.

Right now, I am on my way out to the studio to give it a good cleaning today.  I only work in my studio till December, after that, I work in my house over the winter time.

OH, there is no NFB organization in my area. The closest would be Pittsburgh which is an hour away - and I live in a rural area - most of PA is very rural - no transportation available for such a distance here. This group is my only contact with NFB.

Lynda River Woman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 11:21 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] clay

>
> Hi Linda;
> How much is this clay going to cost.  I am trying to deside if I want to 
> try this out.  I do not want to invest much in this, but it might be 
> interesting to try out.  Someone had mentioned buying it in a large 
> amount.  I think I am more interested in how you do it than actually doing 
> it, if that makes sence.  How do you get images into the clay.  I like 
> crafts that are clean and that I can take with me, where ever I go.
>
> By the way, have you thought of showing your work, maybe in the future, in 
> a busier place, like Washington DC.  Those from Baltimore, me and those 
> from VA should be able to get there.  We have a large NFB chapter and we 
> might be able to come as a group.
>
> Also, around MD, DC and I hope VA, NFB promotes independence.  I can take 
> Metro Access any where I want or use Same Day Access tickets and go 
> shopping, on my own.  I go to Walmart and shopp around that store, and I 
> have learned how to walk to Michaels, coles, Target and once I walked to 
> Applebees, with my sister.  They have gotten to know me at Walmart and 
> Michaels.  If I need help, I just ask, who ever is around.  I love 
> exploring the holiday items, in both stores.  Some times I take my sister, 
> who has a learning problem.  I now can go to giant and get my own medicine 
> and also pick up one or two food items.  I just ask customer service, for 
> help.
> Since my husband is out of the picture, I have slowly built up my 
> comfidence, in the last 2 years.  I was proud, the day I told my friends 
> and mobility instructer that I had gone to and from, Walmart, by myself!
>
> Linda; How about looking for an NFB chapter in your state.  You might 
> bring the problem up with the NFB.  They are treating the blind, unfairly. 
> Stand up for your rights.  Proove that you can succeed in an art show and 
> also in the real world.
>
> terry P.
>
>
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