[Nfb-krafters-korner] forest spirit plate or bowl?

Fri Jan 13 14:35:32 UTC 2012

When you teach at a university, every course is graded unless you take it 
for an "audit" course. In all my years of teaching, I don't recall anyone 
ever auditing any of my courses though. Many of the courses I taught were 
required "Core" courses so sutdents were required to have them in order to 
graduate. It is very nice to be able to teach a class for the pure fun of it 
and not have to grade anyone. That is not possible in the real teaching 
world though. :)
----- 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: Friday, January 13, 2012 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] forest spirit plate or bowl?


> Congratulations on teaching again.
> Glad you do not have to grade.  I do not think crafts should be graded, 
> when posible.  A craft is a skill, after you learn it and can be combined 
> along with creativity to obtain buty.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:38 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] forest spirit plate or bowl?
>
> Henrietta, I am so glad you enjoyed it.
> I am going to teach a workshop at the Society for Contemporary Craft in 
> Pittsburgh, PA in March. I will have visually impaired high school 
> students, and I don't know who else - I think the class is open to anyone 
> who wants to come to it. An annonymous donor has provided scholarships for 
> students to take my workshop. We will be making the Forest Spirit Open 
> Bowl and the Forest Spriti Cylinder Vase in that workshop.  I am so 
> excited as I have not taught since I lost my sight 4 years ago.  The 
> teacher in me is coming back to life, I think.  I am getting excited to be 
> teaching again.
>
> And, the best part of all is that there is no "grade" that I have to give 
> out - just have FUN.
>
> Lynda River Woman
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henrietta Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] forest spirit plate or bowl?
>
>
>> Yes, LInda,
>> This was a fun project. I am looking forward to the vase. Dan looked at 
>> it
>> and said it was nice.
>>
>> A long time ago, I went out to Michigan State University to what was
>> called, Art is me. There was a huge room of blind children and adults
>> making free form clay objects. The main goal was to use art as a means of
>> relaxation. The students that oversaw the project were psychology and art
>> students. Doing it over the phone works a lot beter in the relaxation
>> area.
>>
>> Thank you so much for teaching the class.
>> Henrietta
>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 5:24 PM, River Woman wrote:
>>
>>> HOORAY! I am so glad your looks good too. It can be called an open bowl,
>>> or a free form plate - depending on how high or how steep the sides are.
>>> Some of mine are much flatter than this one, and this one I sent photos
>>> of is really a free form bowl.
>>>
>>> I had said that I keep my work covered a lot to make it dry slowly and
>>> evenly. And, I even spritz it a bit to keep it moist longer. What you
>>> never want is for the edges to dry before the center of the bowl or you
>>> may experiencing cracking. You want the edges to remain moist, as well 
>>> as
>>> the rest of the piece for as long as you can keep it that way. I cover
>>> mine with layers of newspapers, and then put a plastic sheet over that.
>>>
>>> When you do this, you will find thenewspapers are very wet each time you
>>> check the piece. That means, the water is coming very gently out of the
>>> clay and into the layers of newspapers.
>>>
>>> I have only had mine unovered for two or three times, and for only a
>>> short time, since the class on Tuesday night.  I had an extra bit of
>>> clay, and today made another one, and this one is flatter and sits down
>>> on the table - no feet on it.
>>>
>>> They are FUN to make aren't they?
>>>
>>> Yours will be beautiful!
>>>
>>> Lynda River Woman
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrietta Brewer"
>>> <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:48 PM
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] forest spirit plate or bowl?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Linda. I was excited to share your pictures with my Husband. My 
>>>> sides
>>>> are much higher then those on your plate. I guess mine is a bowl. lol
>>>> He made me feel pretty good. He said mine compared favorably to yours.
>>>> Sure can't ask for more then that. lol
>>>>
>>>> You mentioned keeping it covered. We didn't mention that in class.
>>>> Should I be covering mine now? I would say mine is leather dry. Not dry
>>>> but not flexable either.
>>>>
>>>> It is much lighter now. I am liking it more every day. I think it 
>>>> shrunk
>>>> a bit too which is a good thing.
>>>>
>>>> I am looking forward to the next class. I see this as a stress 
>>>> reliever,
>>>> a fight against old arthur and fun. lol
>>>> Henrietta
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