[Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille pictures

Wed Jul 10 20:21:13 UTC 2013

Hey All,

I think we are all forgetting that sighted people are amazing because
what they can see. It's a joke in our house since people always say
how amazing blind people are for what they can do, I tease my husband
and say he is amazing for what he is able to see as a sighted guy.

I forget what it is like to "see". I had 20/20 vision as a child and
lost it at five. I can hold up a jar of spaghetti sauce and my husband
can read it from across the house. I find that amazing. So, with that
in mind, sighted people can see pictures drawn in braille on regular
boring white braille paper. The bumps actually create a texture and
texture is detectable with the eyes.

I have the Drawing with your Perkins book and I love to make pictures
all the time. I often make pictures for my coworkers. Occasionally, I
find the small pictures and put them on a 4 by 6 or 3 by 5 colored
index card and give it to someone to hang in their cubicle, and they
love it.

On 7/10/13, Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E] <Terry.Powers at nih.gov> wrote:
>  Joyce;
> What are you drawing on, with this board?  I saw one at convention that used
> some kind of fabric.  I did not explore it since I wanted something I could
> keep, when done.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blindhands at aol.com [mailto:Blindhands at aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 2:07 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille pictures
>
> Jill and Lindey,
>
> With the drawing board that we have talked  about I had 2 of them and would
> have the Princess draw me a picture and I would draw her a picture so she
> could color in my picture and I would color her picture.
>
> You can have someone trace coloring book pictures and use them to color with
> the kids.
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 7/7/2013 1:48:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> stephlin at iafrica.com writes:
>
> Even  though it is non-colored dots on the paper, I remember that as a
> partially  sighted child, I could actually see the dots very well as long as
> they  were only made on one side of the paper.
>
> My children were able to  immediately identify the pictures I have done so
> far, especially once they  clicked that I wasn't showing them braille
> letters or numbers, but actual  pictures.
> Having had some sight as a child, I still love the idea of  coloring in.
> Drawing something in braille actually gives me a chance to  experience this
> activity again.
> I like the fact that one can draw  straight lines and curved ones in a
> controlled way.
> Lindy
>
> -----  Original Message -----
> From: "jill" <jillbilly4 at comcast.net>
> To:  "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 3:37  AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Braille pictures
>
>
>> Hi  Paulette,
>> I have had great luck so far.  My family has been able  to see them and
>> make
>> out my drawings.  Last night I  made  a cat's head with a collar and
> little
>> heart hanging off  it.  Olivia who will be 3 on the 21st, was able to
> make
>>  it
>> out.  We even used it for a coloring page to do  together.  Not sure that
>>
>> she
>> or I did a great job  coloring, but we enjoyed the activity.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On
>> Behalf Of  Paulette Vickery
>> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 7:02 PM
>> To:  'List for blind crafters and artists'
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  Braille pictures
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I  absolutely love these braille pictures. But, what is the point of
>>  sharing
>> them with sighted people? They will just say that they are  hard to see
>> because they are the same color as the paper they are on.  Also, how can
>> sighted children draw them if they are hard to see.  Sighted people are
> so,
>> well, sight dependent, they don't want to do  anything else but look at
>> something.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Paulette
>>
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