[Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information

River Woman riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Sat Jan 21 22:58:48 UTC 2012 

Hi Sahar and Holly
Nice to see you HERE on the KK list today!
I put my beads away before Christmas so I could have a ton of company over 
the holidays without all the stuff all over my dining room table. I have to 
get it all out again. I decided to move my beadworking table upstairs to a 
spare bedroom so I am not all over the dining room again. It is nice to have 
a clear table and be able to actually EAT there again.  Smile!

My focus these days is on making encrusted bead worked TALISMANS. That is my 
personal passion.
I also foxus on the spiritual and metaphysical associations of the stones I 
work with. I use the "Crystal Bible" as a guide, and I have a number of 
other books like this, too.  One good one I use is the "Crystal Code."
They are not beading books, but books that are metaphysical in nature, 
crystal healing books. I am really interested in this.

Good luck to you Holly. There are several wonderful bead workers here, and 
each is very different from the other. Between us all, we can give you help 
and are glad to do it. Most of all, I think, what you will need is knowing 
that you CAN do beading, and you WILL find your own path with the BEADS. 
Like Sahar said, she just let the beads speak to her, and off she went in 
that direction. That is what I do. In my case, it is the stones that speak 
to me, and I try to listen and follow.

Lynda River Woman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information


> Oh, Lynda, God bless you!  I only told you the truth, and you took off 
> with it.  You are the role model.  So many of us get encouragement and 
> don't know what to do with it.  You took wing and flew.  I have a lot of 
> respect for you; I truly do.  Thank you very much for your kind words, my 
> dear!
>
> Warm regards,
> Sahar Husseini
> For hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, please visit my Website at
> www.saharscreations.com
> Find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saharscreations
> And remember, "Obstacles don't have to stop you.
> If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.
> Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
> Michael Jordan
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: River Woman
>  To: List for blind crafters and artists
>  Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 1:16 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>
>
>  the person you need to speak with is SAHAR....she was invaluable to me 
> when
>  I first got on this list as a newly blind person. I had done extensive
>  beadowk before sight loss and my passion is encrusted bead work. SAHAR 
> made
>  me KNOW that I could do it again. She is the most positive role model
>  imaginable and I owe her an enormous shout out for what she did for me 
> back
>  then. I began doing encrusted bead work again about a year ago - three 
> years
>  after my sight loss. I now do mueeum quality bead work that is exhibited 
> in
>  museums galleries and private galleries again - it is amazing what you 
> can
>  do with the encouragement and contact with others who are doing it.
>
>  You will find the help you need here, and they can point you to where you
>  will best find what you want to do, I think. Welcome!
>
>  Lynda River Woman
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "Holly Turri" <hollyt at comcast.net>
>  To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:49 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>
>
>  > thanks so much.  i'd love to learn more about the weaving patterns
>  > eventually.  first i think i will just try some stringing of nicde ones
>  > and learn what are the best elements on which to put them. baby steps i
>  > guess.
>  > ----- Original Message ----- 
>  > From: "Neva Fairchild" <nevafairchild at verizon.net>
>  > To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>  > <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>  > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:31 AM
>  > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>  >
>  >
>  >>I have recently begun learning bead weaving. I didn't know there was
>  >> anything more than stringing beads before a friend sat me down and got 
> me
>  >> started. There have been a couple of classes in the past on this group
>  >> that
>  >> hopefully will be repeated. I have learned the Peyote stitch and the
>  >> Russian
>  >> Spiral, thus far. I began learning Right Angle Weave, but didn't get 
> far
>  >> in
>  >> my first lesson. The only one of these stitches I can do independently
>  >> thus
>  >> far, from start to finish, is Peyote and I learned the one drop stitch
>  >> first. You can do multiple bead drops in Peyote. I know this sounds 
> like
>  >> Greek to you, but it has to do with how many beads you put on at a 
> time.
>  >> In
>  >> one drop, I have made two bracelets. It is a flat bracelet, much like 
> a
>  >> wide
>  >> watch band only made of beads that snug up to one another very close 
> and
>  >> in
>  >> a pattern. It is pretty easy for me to feel with size 8 seed beads. I
>  >> know
>  >> some people work with size 15 beads which are roughly half the size of 
> a
>  >> size 8 bead. They are tiny and I have seen a cuff style bracelet made
>  >> with
>  >> size 15 beads and it is so fine that it feels like silk. It's amazing.
>  >> I'm
>  >> not proficient enough to teach a class, but hopefully Joyce will be 
> able
>  >> to
>  >> find someone on the list who will. I would love to take bead weaving
>  >> classes
>  >> through this group as well as working with my friend. She is a great
>  >> teacher, but we both struggle with starting and finishing projects. 
> Good
>  >> luck to you.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> Neva Fairchild
>  >> 972 416-7039
>  >>
>  >> -----Original Message-----
>  >> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  >> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Holly 
> Turri
>  >> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 7:50 AM
>  >> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>  >> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>  >>
>  >> do you know of a good source for information about beading and beaded
>  >> jewelry making?  I'm newly retired,but  craft impaired.   I'd really 
> like
>  >> to
>  >> learn this as I have friends who do it but don'thave the time to teach
>  >> me. I
>  >> want to make nice stuff not the kind of beading my three year old 
> grand
>  >> daugter gives me.  Of course i treasure that but I'm quite a bit 
> older.
>  >> Anxiously awaint ann answer and have a blessed day.
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