[Nfb-krafters-korner] The Perkins Braille Drawings Book

Fri May 20 02:38:59 UTC 2016

I knew Marie back in the 1980's. She worked for 
the Chicago Guild for the Blind, who published her drawing books.

Dave

At 08:16 PM 5/19/2016, you wrote:
>Marie Porter's book is out of print, so you are 
>lucky if you can find it. Marie Porter's niece 
>-Laurie Porter was a board member here when we 
>started out.  She is the teacher of our first 
>class done on the NFB Krafters Division. Joyce 
>Kane -----Original Message----- From: 
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><nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> Cc: 
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>[Nfb-krafters-korner] The Perkins Braille 
>Drawings Book Valerie, Do you have a membership 
>to Bookshare? They have a book by Marie Porter 
>called Braillables that supposedly does talk 
>about technique. The Perkins book was written by 
>Judy Dixon I think and was just instructions. It 
>is going to end up being your imagination and 
>creativity. For example, you can take the basic 
>sailboat and use a line of e and I or en and in 
>before and after it to show the surface of the 
>water. You can make this line as choppy as you 
>want or as smooth as you want even using a c or 
>colon to indicate flat. The boat can be level 
>with the water so water could come aboard any 
>minute or riding high in the water so if you 
>jump off the boat, you have a long way to go 
>before hitting water. If you want waves breaking 
>higher than the boat, make it happen. Want two 
>boats? Put them. People on the boats might be a 
>letter l. Is it a boat wreck where they are 
>headed for each other or a nice beautiful day. 
>Want a cloud? They can be any shape up in the 
>top. As blind people, we have been taught to be 
>exact. A braille letter is exactly like it is. 
>No messing around with it at all. A print letter 
>can be very clear lines of block type or can be 
>all curly and pretty and decorative as in 
>caligraphy. The central idea has to stay. But, 
>then sighted people can decorate. So, they see 
>things differently. You have to let yourself see 
>things with all sorts of possibilities and find 
>a way to create that possibility. There is no 
>right way or wrong way. Only Valerie's way or my 
>way. Bob Ross is a very famous painter. He would 
>always say it's your world. Let anything you 
>want live in your world whereever you want 
>however you want. In other words, you can't make 
>a mistake because whatever you do is right 
>because it is what you intended. Greg 
>-----Original Message----- From: Valerie via 
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>blind crafters and artists Cc: Valerie Subject: 
>Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] The Perkins Braille 
>Drawings Book I honestly have no idea what the 
>book contains aside from the Braille pictures 
>themselves. I think it must have some kind of 
>instructions because my sister read a few lines 
>on a page, but only briefly. I donâ€™t know if 
>it contains anything about technique for making 
>your own designs, though I wish it did. I still 
>need to call Perkins to see what happened. 
>Valerie > On May 19, 2016, at 8:34 AM, Sandra 
>Gayer via Nfb-krafters-korner > 
><nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > 
>Hello Valerie, > Does the book only have 
>instructions? Aren't there any pages about > 
>technique relating to coming up with your own 
>designs? > > Very best wishes, > Sandra. > > On 
>5/19/16, minh ha via Nfb-krafters-korner > 
><nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote: >> I 
>would call Perkins and ask them about this. I 
>know the book exists >> entirely in braille 
>because a friend of mine has a copy, so they >> 
>might have simply sent you the wrong 
>version. >> >> On 5/18/16, Valerie via 
>Nfb-krafters-korner >> 
><nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote: >>> 
>Yeah, I thought the same thing, and I planned to 
>call them today, >>> but I live in California, 
>so by the time I realized something was >>> not 
>right, it was >>> 3:00 my time, and since 
>theyâ€™re 3 hours ahead of me, I figured 
>their >>> offices would be closed. Iâ€™m going 
>to call tomorrow during my break >>> between my 
>art history and sculpture classes. >>> 
>Valerie >>>> On May 18, 2016, at 6:32 PM, 
>ncbootman--- via Nfb-krafters-korner >>>> 
><nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> 
>wrote: >>>> >>>> Valerie, >>>> >>>> You need to 
>contact Perkins and talk to a person. It is 
>my >>>> understanding that the instructions 
>should be in braille. If they >>>> are not, they 
>need to make this more clear. >>>> >>>> 
>Greg >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: 
>Valerie via Nfb-krafters-korner >>>> Sent: 
>Wednesday, May 18, 2016 9:11 PM >>>> To: List 
>for blind crafters and artists >>>> Cc: 
>Valerie >>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] The 
>Perkins Braille Drawings Book >>>> >>>> Hi 
>all, >>>> I bought my own copy of the â€œDrawing 
>with Your Perkinsâ€ book a week or >>>> so >>>> 
>ago, and I just got it today. I asked them to 
>give me a Braille copy of >>>> the book, and I 
>expected that the instructions would be brailled 
>too. >>>> Either this assumption is mistaken, or 
>they gave me a print copy after >>>> all. In 
>between each of the Braille drawings are a few 
>print pages. My >>>> question is: Does the print 
>version just show pictures of the Braille >>>> 
>dots, or does it have the actual Braille 
>drawings in it for >>>> demonstration >>>> 
>purposes? My sister has partial sight, and she 
>said that the print >>>> pages >>>> in between 
>had instructions for each picture on them, but I 
>couldnâ€™t >>>> find >>>> them written in 
>Braille. I knew how to make most of the drawings 
>in the >>>> book because I have the Marie Porter 
>PDF file, and they have similar >>>> drawings in 
>each—ssomething else I didnâ€™t know—but I had 
>hoped for >>>>> further >>>> direction, and 
>maybe even a little more background info on how 
>Braille >>>> Pictures came to be. If the text is 
>only in print in both versions, >>>> they >>>> 
>should just give you an option to download an 
>electronic copy. Once I >>>> got >>>> that, I 
>could then braille them out myself. I use my 
>Braille Note to >>>> read >>>> the instructions 
>for each drawing, and Braille it out line by 
>line with >>>> my >>>> Perkins Braillewriter. 
>Even the title of the book isnâ€™t labeled 
>in >>>> Braille, which I found surprising. Is it 
>meant to be specifically for >>>> Braille 
>transcribers who want to Braille out pictures 
>for us blind >>>> folk? >>>> Mostly Iâ€™m just 
>confused, but Iâ€™m going to keep the book 
>because itâ€™s >>>> bound a little better than 
>the sketches I made and may last longer as 
>a >>>> result. >>>> Hope you all are well. >>>> Take care, >>>> Valerie >>>>