[TAGS] Contents of TAGS Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1

Fri Feb 8 16:25:19 UTC 2019

Hi Mike,
My name is Valerie. I am an artist who is totally blind. I think it’s neat that you’ve done 3D printing. My college Disability Support Center got a printer for use in their office when I decided to be an art major, and they were able to make replicas of various things in my art history book. I wish I had a chance to do and learn more about 3D printing as I think it might be helpful when I make ceramic sculptures. I also draw and have made a successful tactile painting. I can post the image here if interested. That Please touch the Art exhibit sounds interesting. Hopefully next time around I will have some art to submit myself. I won’t be able to participate now because I am preparing for a trip to China, to teach English to blind orphans for 3 months. I leave next week and I am really excited. Maybe I can teach them a bit about art as well. I’m sure I will learn a lot from them too.
I hope you have a nice weekend.
Best,
Valerie

> On Feb 8, 2019, at 5:17 AM, Mike Kolitsky via TAGS <tags at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello Aishwarya, I sent off the following response to your wonderful art work and realized I must have sent it off into the void of e-space so thought I should try again by following the directions for submitting a response to this list 
>  
> I was very impressed with your works titled "Caribbean Feast" and "Great expectations" but could not open "Happy Blossoms" or "An evening in Paris".  I can only say "wow", what is shown in the images makes me wish I could touch the art.  I am not blind but have developed an interest in 3D printing and 3D laser cutting aimed at producing art that can be touched and also by touching produce audio.  I would strongly encourage you to think about entering your works in the upcoming selection process for tactile art at the Mosesian Center for the Arts for their call to artists to submit tactile art for their "Please Touch the Art" show.  The deadline for submitting images such as you have done for this issue of TAGS Digest is March 1, 2019.  Check out the announcements page at http://www.mosesianarts.org/call-for-art/please-touch-the-art <http://www.mosesianarts.org/call-for-art/please-touch-the-art> which will lead you to a submissions page at https://mca-pleasetouchtheart.artcall.org/pages/application-process <https://mca-pleasetouchtheart.artcall.org/pages/application-process> explaining that up to 10 tactile art works can be submitted prior to the deadline and there is a $10 charge for each submitted work.  
>  
> Hope this helps and keep up the great work you are doing.
>  
> Mike
> 
> P.S. Just read other responses and yours about the fragility of your work and wondered if there might be a way to spray your work with a clear lacquer that would "harden" the delicate areas.  I'll check around and if I find anything that might work, I'll be back in touch.
>  
> Michael A. Kolitsky, Ph.D.
> CEO, nextgenEmedia
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> 1. Tactile paintings (Aishwarya Pillai)
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> From: Aishwarya Pillai <aishwarya3711 at gmail.com <mailto:aishwarya3711 at gmail.com>>
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> Hi All,
> 
> I am Aishwarya and i'm new to this list. I work as a Rehabilitation
> Counselor and I'm also into tactile paintings for blind persons. I
> was looking to connect with blind artists from around the world. In
> this regard, I had written to few centres, One of them is NFB. That's
> when i got to correspond with Lou Ann who was kind to let me know
> about TAGS list.
> If i may introduce more about myself, I was struck blind 10 years ago.
> One of my interests at that time was pencil sketching. Unfortunately
> I gave it up as I couldn't pursue it any further. Last year, I
> happened to visit a painting gallery in my city. To my disappointment
> I could not enjoy any of the paintings there as all of them were 2
> dimensional. That's when i thought of doing tactile paintings.
> I personally believe that art is a form of expression and it should be
> experienced by everyone including blind persons. So I started working
> on tactile paintings from there on. My first task was to define
> colors in a way that it would represent an emotion or meaning. For
> example, when I say red, it may represent love, passion on the
> positive side and anger on the negative side. My second task was to
> choose material for the tactile elements of the painting. Combining
> both, I was able to paint 4 tactile paintings. I am planning to do
> many more as days go by. I am also in the process of organizing a
> workshop and an exhibition at my work place for blind persons so that
> they not only learn how to do it themselves but also touch and
> experience it. My aim through these programs is to bring them and the
> sighted community together to bridge the gap between the two so that
> they can enjoy art under one roof.
> I have attached four images of my paintings to this email. Below is a
> description of each one of them for blind persons on this list.
> Happy Blossoms:
> It has blue background and four yellow flowers. The reason I selected
> blue is because it represents gloom and I chose yellow for the flowers
> because it represents happiness. I used dry leaves for the petals.
> The center of the flower is a small circle of golden colored beads.
> The message it gives away is that despite the sadness in one?s life,
> there would always come a moment of happiness that would surely
> blossom!
> An evening in Paris
> The background elements of this painting are a blue wall and a table.
> As for the tactile foreground, towards the left-hand side, there is a
> burning candle on a stand and a beaded chain hanging from it. The
> bottom end of the chain is broken. So few beads are scattered around
> two roses that are placed on the table. Towards the top right-hand
> side, a painting frame of the Eiffel tower appears to be hanging on
> the wall. I used ice-cream sticks, beads and silver foil for the
> candle stand, mixture of glue, water and tissue paper for the candle,
> colored paper for the roses and the painting frame of the Eifel tower.
> Caribbean feast:
> This is a painting of a beach with a sunset sky, the sea and the sand
> with two coconut trees. I used reddish orange color for the sky and
> blue for the beach. The sand is real and was glued to the canvas. As
> for the coconut trees, I used silver foil to make its trunks, one
> longer than the other. I later layered them with sheets of blank
> paper and colored them brown. As for the leaves I used thick paper,
> cut it in the right shape and colored them green. I also glued
> coconuts that were made of silver foil and tissue paper and glued them
> to the trees. Finally, I cut paper like a shape of a flying bird,
> colored it black and glued it on the sky.
> Great Expectations:
> It has fenced dry yellow-brown grass, dark grey sky, a lightning bolt,
> a hut and a windmill. The grass is made of paper that was colored and
> cut into thin conical shapes, the fencing is made of ice-cream sticks
> and silver foil, the hut is made of paper and silver foil, the
> windmill is made of a bead, paper coffee cup and straws and the
> lightning bolt is made of silver foil. The message that this painting
> gives away is that although one has gone through bad times, good times
> are yet to come. The dry grass represents bad times whereas the
> lightning bolt reminds one that showers are soon to come, so one can
> expect great things to happen!
> 
> I am currently looking to connect to other blind artists so that we
> can exchange ideas and share experiences. It would be nice to know
> what you think of these paintings. I'm sorry if my email was too long,
> going to end it for now. Looking forward to connecting to you all.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> Aishwarya
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