[Nfb-krafters-korner] A new idea for braille pictures

[Ramona Walhof]

Another way to make tactile pictures is to get a board covered with screen 
and draw with a stylus.  The lines are on the bottom of the ppaper.  With 
practice you can make pretty good drawings.  I bought screen boards from the 
Independence Market, but they are doubtless available elsewhere.

A P H sells velcro kits with removable pieces that can also be placed in 
designs to make illustrations that are quite useful.  I have seen them used 
for teaching street plans and what appears on computer screens.  This isn't 
really artistic, but good for instruction.  The screen drawings could be 
come artistic if someone wished to develop skill.  Then you could add 
colored drawings, as well. Light weight paper, such as copy paper,  is as 
good as heavier paper. My ten-year-old granddaughter made a drawing that is 
both tactile and visual for the bulletin board for our BELL program starting 
next week.  She is the best artist of my four grandchildren, and I think 
pretty good.

Ramona

Ramona
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paulette Vickery" <paulette at evickery.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:54 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] A new idea for braille pictures


> Hi all,
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> I have a Braille Blazer braille printer, or as it is technically called,
> embosser. I also have the Duxberry braille program that makes the 
> brailling
> possible. Does any one know if I can write the letters on the computer and
> have them come out as contracted braille if I print them out on the 
> Blazer?
> Of course I would change lines according to the braille picture 
> directions.
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>
>
> Paulette
>
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