<div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;"><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Good afternoon,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">We use a variety of materials and methods for producing durable tactile graphics with text, braille, even color.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Would you have examples or samples you can share? </div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Randolph Cabral</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">316-409-4771 cellphone </div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div contenteditable="false" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Randolph Cabral, President<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kansas Braille Transcription Institute<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">P.O. Box 48091<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wichita, Kansas 67201-8091<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">316-265-9692  (Office)  9:00 AM - 5:00CST<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">316-265-0184  (Fax)<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">randolphc@kbti.org<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="http://www.kbti.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.kbti.org">www.kbti.org</a><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></a><p fr-original-style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" style="margin: 1px 0in 0pt; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller</p></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><hr id="previousmessagehr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; user-select: none;"><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">From</strong>: "Cheryl Fogle-Hatch via TAGS" <tags@nfbnet.org><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Sent</strong>: 1/24/24 11:48 AM<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">To</strong>: Tactile Art and Tactile Graphics Specialist list <tags@nfbnet.org><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Cc</strong>: Cheryl Fogle-Hatch <c.k.fogle@gmail.com><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Subject</strong>: [TAGS] seeking durable material for tactile maps</span></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hi everyone.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I am working with a mid-sized historical museum to create tactile maps</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">for display in their gallery. We are seeking more durable materials</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">than swell form or other paper products. They have a fabrication</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">department, and I'm considering recommending wood cut, or laser cut,</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">or vinyl or 3D printing (plastic).</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I'm curious if you have encountered tactile maps made of durable</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">material, and if so what you noticed, liked, or disliked.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Thanks in advance.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cheryl</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">-</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cheryl Fogle-Hatch, Ph.D.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Archaeologist and Museum Professional</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">(443) 939-8217</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">c.k.fogle@gmail.com</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://museumsenses.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://museumsenses.org</a></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/cheryl-fogle-hatch" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/pub/cheryl-fogle-hatch</a></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">_______________________________________________</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">TAGS mailing list</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">TAGS@nfbnet.org</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tags_nfbnet.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/tags_nfbnet.org</a></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for TAGS:</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tags_nfbnet.org/randolphc%40kbti.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 102, 147); text-decoration: underline; user-select: auto;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/tags_nfbnet.org/randolphc%40kbti.org</a></div></div>