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

Sat May 21 19:33:05 UTC 2016

Henry,

They no longer have any of these books and tried to tell me they never did. 
They were not helpful at all. I assume it was somebody who knew nothing 
about the organization.

Greg

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Hi Linda;
Do you have any contact info for the Chicago guild for the Blind?
Thanks.
Henry

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Greg, I have had the cook and sewing for many many years.  I don't know if
they are by the same author or not.

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Linda,

I know there is So What about Drawing, Row Upon Row (latch hook) and a
macrame book. I only have the drawing one.

Greg
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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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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:
>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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