[Nfb-krafters-korner] puzzled about clay

Sat Sep 10 06:02:31 UTC 2011

Terry,

Just to expand a little on what Lynda is saying here and help you think
outside of the box some.

While you are concentrating on the literal approach of what an object looks
like, try to think about science fiction and fantasy authors. They regularly
create things that do not exist or only exist in a theoretical sense.
However, they have imagined the details and bring the story world to life so
that we believe it.

You can make your own pictures in your mind of how people look or how you
want them to look and put your heart into it and that will make it a work of
art that everyone can appreciate. You won't create your inner vision the
first time you learn how to work with new materials and it may take 100
attempts before you achieve what "you" want it to look like, but when you
do, others around you will be able to the see the beauty in the object, too.

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> River Woman
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 7:05 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] puzzled about clay
> 
> 
> 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" 
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> 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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> Of Powers, Terry 
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> > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 3:11 PM
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> > Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] puzzled about clay
> >
> >
> > 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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