[Nfb-krafters-korner] Realistic object drawings.

Fri May 13 13:04:38 UTC 2016

Good Morning Valerie;
your dreams certainly sound achievable.
I wouldn't be surprised to see you owning your own art studio some day.
May I ask if you are planning to become an art teacher after you graduate? 
And will you be teaching the general student population,and/or the 
blind/visually impaired?
All of the best to you.
henry

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It sounds very interesting. I had never heard of it before.

Greg

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Thanks for the tip. :-) I have found that one of the best art forms that
gives quite a variety of tactile detail is Clay. That's my main driving
passion, but I also want to explore drawing more. I want to draw my own
designs and somehow transfer them onto Clay work, and/or save them for later
reference. Right now, I have my pico pen which uses waxed to draw tactile
lines, and my tactile graphics kit which uses the aluminum paper. I also
have a tactipad drawing board which uses plastic paper. As a random
sidenote, the raised line textures that it makes put sighted people in mind
of thread. Someone once asked me if I had sewn the drawing onto the plastic
paper. I have to give some of the equipment back to my college when I
graduate, so I'm trying to make the most of it while I have it.
Incidentally, I found another inexpensive tool to make tactile drawings. I
thought I would share the link here for those interested.
http://sensationalbooks.com/products.html If anyone has ever heard of this
before, what are your thoughts?
Take care everyone.
Valerie

> On May 12, 2016, at 5:00 PM, ncbootman--- via Nfb-krafters-korner 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> May I suggest you contact the National Federation of the Blind in 
> Baltimore Maryland and ask them if they can give you any information about 
> tactile drawings and reviews of devices. You will never be able to own all 
> of the different technologies unless you are a wealthy lady. There is an 
> entire branch of the Braille Authority of North America specifically to 
> set up rules and guidelines for tactile drawings. Not only are there many 
> options in this country, there are other devices and techniques being 
> developed in other countries that the average person won't know about. So, 
> you need access to more advanced knowledge than this group can possibly 
> give you. There are as many ways to do tactile graphics as there are 
> creative people. I challenge you to follow your dream and learn all you 
> can and then make sure you share all of that information with the general 
> blind and low vision population. You have your life's work cut out for you 
> with this one project (big big smile).
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Valerie via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 7:39 PM
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>
> I really wish they were more affordable for an individual. I want to get 
> my hands on every form of tactile drying equipment available. It would 
> help me tons in my college classes. I want to see what works best.
>
>> On May 12, 2016, at 3:49 PM, David Andrews via Nfb-krafters-korner 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Thermoform machines, and thermoform paper are still available, although 
>> probably expensive for an individual.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 04:36 PM 5/12/2016, you wrote:
>>> Does anyone remember the thermoform drawings?  Is the thermofor paper 
>>> and
>>> machine available now.  If so, maybe an object can be placed on the 
>>> machine
>>> and melted into the plastic sheet.
>>> Linda
>>>
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>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Sandra Gayer via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 2:44 PM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Cc: Sandra Gayer
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Realistic object drawings.
>>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>> I had an idea to draw around outlines in stencils to get realistic 
>>> drawings
>>> of objects, using a spur wheel. However, I've looked what stencils are
>>> really used for and, based on that, I don't think I'll be able to do 
>>> this
>>> with them. I think they are really used for printing copies of the image
>>> they represent.
>>>
>>> I've tried typing in things like, plastic objects to draw around on 
>>> paper,
>>> two D molds for paper drawings... Has anyone got any ideas about what 
>>> I'm
>>> actually looking for? I really want flat, hard representations of 
>>> objects
>>> such as flowers and animals. I want all the elementslike lines and 
>>> relief
>>> presented as gaps so that I can draw around the object and my version 
>>> will
>>> look like the original.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> PS I think I've finally got the curves along the right lines for my 
>>> Celtic
>>> Cross.
>>> Very best wishes,
>>> Sandra.
>>>
>>> On 5/12/16, Courtney Fulghum Smith via Nfb-krafters-korner
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> > If you would like the directions for the flower pen project that was
>>> > taught this past Monday night, please e-mail me at 
>>> > cmfulghum at gmail.com.
>>> >
>>> > Courtney
>>
>>       David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
>> E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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