[Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
River Woman
riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Mon Jan 23 15:26:47 UTC 2012
Sahar, to learn the technique I would suggest that you get larger beads sich
as #6 or #8 to begin with. And, begin with a large cab so you have lots of
space to work on it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
> Grin, thanks for the confidence. I used to love to talk on the phone, but
> that's changed. Now, I avoid the phone most of the time. It drives my
> husband crazy because I'll let the phone ring without answering. OK, I'll
> get in touch with you and give it a try. I'll probably have to buy some
> seed beads, though, don't I? Of course you can teach by phone. You were
> a professor for years. *grin* The only difference is you're not teaching
> your students in person. Funny, I can bead, but I'm not so sure I can
> teach beading. Then again, I never thought I would be able to teach
> anything. I think God was trying to tell me something when I was hired on
> as a teacher, twice.
>
> 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: Sunday, January 22, 2012 8:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>
>
> I am sure you CAN learn to capture a cab through verbal instructions - I
> am
> positive you CAN.
>
> I was afraid I could not teach a class via phone - but I have just done
> it
> twice. I amazed myself - I have a phone phobia. I seldom call people,
> and I
> never really like to talk on the phone much. But, I thought, I will try
> to
> teach the clay class and if I fail, well, I tried. But, it was really FUN
> and I enjoyed it very much. I was very afraid of doing it.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sahar Husseini" <sahar at inebraska.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
>
>
> > Oh, it's not a question of wanting to talk with you. I would very much
> > love to do that. It's a question of how comfortable I am learning over
> > the phone. *smile* I'm a paradox; with some things, I'm a quick
> learner.
> > With others, well, I question my intelligence. I've not joined any
> > classes on here because I don't think I can learn something like this
> > verbally; I feel too much like an idiot. *lol* I usually have to see
> > something before I can do it. You know I don't mean see visually. I
> mean
> > I have to experience the motions of making something. The truth is,
> > though, I won't know if I can learn unless I give it a chance. I need
> to
> > stop being a chicken. *laughing* I was always a little afraid of
> crafts.
> > Art class was the bane of my existence growing up. IN fact, my art
> > teacher could not believe it when my friends back home told her I was
> > making jewelry. I barely scraped by with a C, and I think I only got
> it
> > because she felt sorry for me.
> >
> > 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: Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:05 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
> >
> >
> > Sahar,
> > I can teach you how to do cabs! I could talk you through it over the
> > phone.
> > With the experience you have with beads, I know you can do it. Contact
> me
> > off list if you want to talk with me.
> > http://riverroad@zoominternet.net
> >
> >
> > Glue, it is a dirty 4 letter word that I do not like, either. It is
> TACKY
> > and ICKY and I never liked using glue on anything and it has nothing
> to
> > do
> > with sight loss on my part either. YUK to glue. lol
> > 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: Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
> >
> >
> > > Hi Denise,
> > >
> > > I remember you from last summer at Convention. Getting the clasps
> and
> > > earring closures on is really easy once you get the hang of it; it
> just
> > > takes practice. Do you have any bead shops near you? They might be
> > able
> > > to help. A lot of times, people use a drop of glue to secure clasps
> > and
> > > cones, but I'm not a fan of glue. I don't use it in any of my work.
> > It
> > > is very handy for crafters, but I think it's evil. *grin* I'm
> really
> > > good at gluing my fingers together and to the table. No, it has
> > nothing
> > > to do with blindness; it has to do with me and glue. We've been
> blood
> > > enemies since childhood. *smile* Bead-weaving would be a cool
> thing
> > to
> > > learn. I would also like to learn to attach cabochons using seed
> > beads.
> > > That looks fabulous.
> > >
> > > 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: Denise Shaible
> > > To: List for blind crafters and artists
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:38 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
> > >
> > >
> > > Sahar,
> > >
> > > My name is Denise Shaible and I live in California. I love gems.
> I
> > > don't
> > > go in for the meaning behind them but I love them. I know what you
> > mean
> > > about having to clear the table. My husband
> > > Adam keeps asking me to put my safety pin beading projects
> somewhere
> > else
> > > so the beads don't go off on to the floor and there's a place to
> sit
> > and
> > > eat. It's funny. I'd love to get into jewelry making. I traveled
> to
> > a
> > > health center in West Palm Beach, Florida and we did jewelry every
> > > Saturday
> > > morning. I made several sets and my favorites were a hematite and
> > fresh
> > > water pearl combo and a rose quartz crystal, fresh water pearl, and
> > > crystals
> > > combo. I just love the colors and the different shapes. I only
> have
> > > light
> > > perception so my teacher had to tell me the colors but, I have good
> > color
> > > memory so I knew what she was talking about. All I really need to
> > learn
> > > to
> > > do to make jewelry is how to attach clasps and other closures and
> how
> > to
> > > attach earring pieces. I like the sound of bead weaving, too. I
> > don't
> > > know
> > > if you've done any of this. Okay, just wanted to write.
> > >
> > > Welcome.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Denise
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sahar Husseini
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 5:47 PM
> > > To: List for blind crafters and artists
> > > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
> > >
> > > Lol, this sounds familiar. I, too, have to clear my dining room
> table
> > so
> > > that guests could eat. The beads rule most of the time. I would
> love
> > to
> > > find some of the books that talk about crystal healing in an
> > accessible
> > > format. I find that different stones speak to me at different
> times
> > in
> > > my
> > > life, and each stone has its own energy. I worked a lot with
> hematite
> > > when
> > > I lived in Alaska. Incidentally, Alaska has hematite, and they
> call
> > it
> > > black diamond, but that's not why I worked with it then. They say
> it
> > > helps
> > > with depression, and I was in quite the funk when I lived there. I
> > would
> > > not want to see that state of mind that I lived in ever again.
> > *smile*
> > >
> > > 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 21, 2012 4:58 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] a request for information
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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