[Nfb-krafters-korner] pottery class

[River Woman]

the GINGKO tree comes from China. It is very hearty and just about nothing 
can cause it harm - it is very slow growing, and majestic. I have the only 
one in my area as far as I know. I planted it over 40 years ago, from a 
little broomstick of a start that I bought from Springhill Nursery for $10. 
It was an enormous amount of money for me to speend at that time as it would 
have bought our groceries for a week. My husband was quite irritated with me 
at that time - but, in the end it was a magnificent investment in a 
beautiful piece of ART for the yard that is loved and admired by people who 
pass by. I love this tree - my favorite tree. The leaves are shaped like a 
Japanese FAN - a perfect little FAN, with a long graceful slender stem.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] pottery class


> Linda, here in WA we experience something similar to the gingko tree. By 
> the
> way I never heard of a gingko tree. What does it grow? What does the leaf
> look like?  Every fall the fur tree rains pinecones.  It sounds like a 
> hail
> storm on my roof.  Freaks out my dogs, poor pups.  It normally happens 
> about
> this time of year toward late afternoon.  All of a sudden, bam bam bam as
> hundreds of the pinecones fall and role off my roof.  I have a couple of
> baby trees from this amazing event on my property.  Kevin and I just 
> wanted
> to keep the property in a natural state.
>
> Warm smiles,
>
> Becky and Jake who gets equal billing, arf, arf.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of River Woman
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 4:24 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] pottery class
>
> Just a reminder if you are going to do the pottery class in January:  Now 
> is
> the perfect time to gather leaves that you can use for making leaf images 
> in
> your clay for our class.
>
> Yesterday, I went outside with my basket and gathered a basket full of
> leaves. You want fresh ones that are supple, not the crumpled up dried up
> ones.
>
> I placed them between sheets of waxed paper - on a towel that was covered
> with paper towels. Then, I ironed them between the sheets of waxed paper.
> This puts a waxy layer on the leaves and keeps them nice till you are 
> ready
> to use them. After I ironed them, I put them between the pages of a 
> catalog
> that I had here. They wil be just right when I need to use them later on.
>
> Gather a good amount of leaves now for use in January for our first 
> project
> with clay. Here in PA the leaves are falling quickly each day and I won't
> have much more time to gather them.  I am still waiting for the golden
> showers to begin - my ginkgo tree will shed all it's leaves at one time, 
> in
> about a 10 minute span.  It is an amazing thing to experience. And, the
> leaves are brilliant yellow when they fall. These are my favorite leaves 
> to
> use in my pottery. Have fun gathering and pressing your leaves for our
> project.
> Lynda Lambert
> 104 River Road
> Ellwood City, PA 16117
>
> 724 758 4979
>
> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
>
>
>
>
>
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