[Nfb-krafters-korner] clay

Mon Oct 3 19:39:49 UTC 2011

Linda;
Do you have a friend who has a photo frame?  This might be another way to view your pictures, because you can get as close as you want to it.  You can store your pictures on a memory card or thumb drive and view them with a large photo frame.  I sometimes can even see pictures on a digital camera, because of the clerity and that I can get so much closer than I can to a computer.  I was able to see and identify that a picture was a house on my sisters camera.  That is what got me interested in getting a camera.  I then could see how a partial could have interest in taking pictures.

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 3:25 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] clay

I have both JAWS and ZoomText.  Because I have some peripheral vision I can use ZT most of the time unless it is something too long for me to cope with. 
I can also see photos using the ZT - which is amazing to me. I know I don't see them like other people do, but I do see them. I have no idea how I can do this though. I have no central vision, and the peripheral vision is murky.

This is why I did not pursue Braille. I completed the first two courses of it, then decided I could go so fast with my technologies that I did not want to go further with it.

Lynda
----- 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 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] clay

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
>>
>>
>> Theresa L. Powers (Terry)
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>> Tobacco Control Research Branch
>> NIH/NCI/DCCPS/BRP/TCRB/DEAS
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>>
>> Rockville, MD 20852-7337 (express mail)
>>
>> Phone: 301-496-8584
>> FAX: 301-496-8675
>> E-mail: terry.powers at nih.gov<mailto:terry.powers at nih.gov>
>>
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