[Nfb-krafters-korner] Using braille in crafts,

Tue Sep 27 16:01:01 UTC 2011

Diane, our treasurer made pins that we sold at the National Convention out  
of ceramic clay.  I am bad as I can't remember what the pin was, but she  
took clay and In Braille put NFB on it.  She had done 2 different pins and  I 
am not sure, but one of them were 2 hands and the Braille was "Hand Made" 
on  it.  We had her make 1 style for each year on our completion of the first 
 and second year of NFB Krafters Division.  The third year we sold what we  
had left of both of the pins.

She fired them and I believe painted them.

Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

In a message dated 9/27/2011 2:15:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
denise.shaible at att.net writes:

Oh, I  just thought of something.  Could Braille dots be used on clay?  I  
mean, could interesting shapes be pressed into the clay as with the  
leaves, 
etc.?  Just a  thought.

Regards,

Denise

-----Original Message-----  
From: Lindy van der Merwe
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 1:46  PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] Using braille in crafts, was,Re: more 
picture  
info

Yes, Terry, I am currently checking out the program to figure  out what it
can do.
I have to figure out some of the terms and concepts  since it has been a 
long
time since I have done these type of  calculations.
If anybody manages a drawing, please let us know. Even if it  just prints on
a normal printer, I am sure my husband and children will  have some comments
about my attempts at drawing (grin).
Related to the  subject of drawing without sight, I have actually used
braille in the past  in some of my crafts. I normally used my Perkins
Brailler, for instance, to  make a frame around an a5-sized piece of paper
for a birthday card or for a  photo frame. I would sometimes use a straight
line or a pattern, like the  ie-ie- combination, or similar. I have also
drawn some basic shapes in  braille for my children to colour or decorate.
Lastly I have used braille  for texture when folding origami boxes, for
instance. I would either do the  braille myself or use pages of old
magazines.
Lindy

-----  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: Thursday, September 22, 2011  8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] more picture  info

> Lindi;
> If we can get this working, Look at the  patern world it would open up to 
> you.  Any one you know in your  country or in the US could mail you 
> diagrams of paterns,  shapes...
> It would open up a new way of shairing paterns and  ideas!
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: Lindy van der Merwe  [mailto:stephlin at iafrica.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 2:23  PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] more picture info
>
> Thank you,  Joyce.
> I find this all very interesting. I find the idea of being able  to draw 
> with a computer program, and as a blind person, quite  fascinating. I am 
> sure there are all kinds of uses for such a  program, e.g. being able to 
> draw simple shapes/pictures of basic  objects, numbers and letters for 
our 
> children, card making, scrap  booking, and of course for crafts that may 
> become more accessible by  using such a program, not to mention the 
> possibilities for blind  students and teachers.
> Here in South Africa, as in other countries,  braille printers are quite 
> expensive for the average blind person and  there are only a few places 
> that will do braille embossing; normally  it can take a long time too, so 
> there is a waiting period.
>  So, I would be interested in other ways of making the print into a 
tactile  
> format, which will enable one to do a drawing, print or emboss, or  
> whatever, and feel what you have drawn.
> I also like the idea  of being able to write a line of text. I can see 
some 
> possibilities  for this too.
> Lindy
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To:  <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 22,  2011 7:47 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] more picture  info
>
>
>> OK I found out what PIAF is.  By the way  in case anyone wants to know
>> P I A F stands for pictures in a  flash.  The machine that basically
>> produces this is a heating  unit.  The price for it is $1399 plus $45 
>>  shipping.
>> This
>> only can produce black and white  photos.  That is what  I was told by
>> a company that  sells these babies.  Professor Baldwin also  mentioned
>>  that the paper used to produce these graphics with this cost 80  cents
>> per sheet.
>>
>> So that is that  information for us.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Joyce  Kane
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