[Nfb-krafters-korner] Marie Porter Books

Fri May 20 15:47:51 UTC 2016

If anyone knows where any of the Marie Porter books can be obtained, please 
let me know. Also, if anyone has a copy of any of them, if I may borrow it, 
I will put it in the computer as a file so braille or large print copies can 
be preserved. These books seem to all be no longer available and will soon 
be lost if not preserved. Please help us preserve them. Your original copy 
would of course be returned to you.

Greg

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From: linda blasingim via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 10:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] The Perkins Braille Drawings Book

I enjoy the books from the Guild.  I have the So What about Cooking and So 
What About Sewing.  I did not realize there were others.  If there are still 
additional ones, someone please let me know.  Those books are so thorough.
Linda

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Behalf Of David Andrews via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 9:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] The Perkins Braille Drawings Book

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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>On Behalf Of ncbootman--- via
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>1:37 PM To: List for blind crafters and artists
><nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> Cc:
>ncbootman at gmail.com Subject: Re:
>[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 Nfb-krafters-korner Sent:
>Thursday, May 19, 2016
>1:08 PM To: sandragayer7 at gmail.com ; List for 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 >>>>

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