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

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Linda,
 
I am smiling from ear to ear.  Krafters Korner gave you a place to do  this 
and it was a first time telephone conference class with clay!!!
 
We are doing things here at Krafters Korner that I had no idea that could  
be done.  I am so proud of all the teachers and students here.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 1/12/2012 6:39:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
riverwoman at zoominternet.net writes:

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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