[Nfb-krafters-korner] Using braille in crafts, was, Re: more picture info

Wed Sep 28 18:08:02 UTC 2011

Hi lynda

I do not have your email addy, but would love to continue our conversation
off-list.

My email is below.  Talk to you soon!
Blessings, 
Ninn
the_ninn at tx.rr.com

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of River Woman
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:58 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Using braille in crafts, was,Re: more
picture info

Hi Ninn,

Too bad we don't live close so we could visit together and have some fun 
conversations - you sound like a really FUN and CREATIVE person that I would

enjoy knowing so much. I am not a "crafter" so I really don't understand a 
crafter's thought life -  I use CRAFT techniques and materials to make ART. 
That is where my mind always is - being the inner child and playing with 
stuff.

My fondest memories of childhood MUD was during and after rain storms - how 
GOOOOOOD it feels when you are standing in a mud hole and squishing my toes 
about in it feeling the smooth soft ooooozzzzeeee of it. OH, My, I love that

feeling.  I love the image of you as a child oozing in the mud - so funny! 
We are all still KIDS at heart, I hope!  Without the inner child, how could 
we make art???? It would be sterile and meaningless without the sense of 
PLAY in it, I think.

Here is something wonderful I read this morning:
" All of life is deciding. You are deciding.with every truth you embrace, 
with every thought you birth, with every emotion you express, with every 
experience you produce.you are deciding Who You Are and Who You Choose to 
Be. Every act is an act of self-definition." by Neale Donald Walsh

I think he captures who we are as artists - we DECIDE to BE who we are every

day. I am playing in BEADS today, how about you?  I worked early thig 
morning on three MAGIC SPIRIT BOXES in my studio - made from CLAY - and now,

will be working in beads for the rest of the day. I am making BLACK AND GOLD

STEELER necklaces that I will sell at some holiday markets in November.

Lynda River Woman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "linda" <the_ninn at tx.rr.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Using braille in crafts, was,Re: more 
picture info

> Lynda,
>
> I like your thinking!  However, my most vivid memory of my mud pie days 
> was
> when I was about 6 years of age.  I made  a mud hole  and then put myself 
> in
> the hole and proceeded to cover myself in mud!  Not exactly what you had 
> in
> mind, I'm sure...but, there you have it!  This memory sticks out in my 
> mind,
> probably because my mom was not a happy camper that day after discovering
> what I had been up to!
>
> Looking forward to "getting my kid on" again!
> Ninn
> the_ninn at tx.rr.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of River Woman
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:02 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Using braille in crafts, was,Re: more
> picture info
>
> You can PUT anything in or on the clay - anything at all - you just have 
> to
> figure out how to do it successfully. That will take some practice and 
> good
> tips for getting it done.  Remember that clay is merely MUD - be a child
> again, and PLAY with it like a CHILD - a child loves to play in MUD, 
> right?
> lol
>
> Lynda River Woman
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lindy van der Merwe" <stephlin at iafrica.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 6:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Using braille in crafts, was,Re: more
> picture info
>
>
>> Actually that sounds like a great idea. I might just use this for my next
>> clay project. One could also form little balls or dots and stick them on
>> to simulate braille.
>> Lindy
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Denise Shaible" <denise.shaible at att.net>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:12 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Using braille in crafts, was,Re: more
>> picture info
>>
>>
>>> 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 -----
>>>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>>>> 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
>>>>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
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