[Nfb-krafters-korner] puzzled about clay

[River Woman]

Hi Terry,
What interesting things you are bringing up. It will be fun to explore these 
issues together.  Remember that an artist presents the world of her own 
vision, not anyone elses. You will create YOUR world, and present YOUR 
world, not what anyone else does. You have a unique point of view, no matter 
the amount of actual vision. It is where you begin from - your self.

My favorite poet Wm Carlos Williams said "An artist is always and forever 
painting only one thing ....himself."  This is what I mean. You will work in 
YOUR own way, to show YOUR world and it will be so much fun.

I can tell you how I made intricate flowers and leaves on my pots using 
clay - I have a technique that works very well that I have developed and use 
in my work. You, too, will develop your own way of doing things in time, as 
you work at it.

Do not worry at all about things you have never seen. Art is about 
imagination - not copying things. It is about inventing and dreaming up 
things and then showing the world what YOU think, in that way.

This is a great topic for discussion. I have a feeling we will need two or 
three discussion times to fully explore such questions after we have talked 
about the clay choices, and how to use that particular clay. Should be fun 
and interesting. Lynda River Woman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zimmer, Cindy" <cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] puzzled about clay


>I will hold my response to this post for the discussion.
>
> Cindy Z.
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> If a person is totally blind, how can you paint the clay item? With 
> knitting, crochet, plastic camvas..., you can feal what you are doing, if 
> you want a flower on the pot, how are you going to know how it came out? 
> How can you make a statue of an animal, if you never saw that animal?  I 
> know, if I tried to draw, the only things I could draw, might be houses 
> and maybe a barn.  Things with strait and slanted lines, no features.  I 
> might be able to make a flower, but a person, I could never make.  I have 
> never been able to see the features on a person, just the color of their 
> skin, hair and if they have glasses.  It could also be because I have 
> tunnel vision, that is why seing a whole word is a mistory to me, too.
>
> Terry P.
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