[Artists-making-art] Introduction from Jewel

Wed Dec 7 20:16:11 UTC 2011

Hi Lynda, what is the Crystal Bible? It sounds interesting! I am a person 
who likes learning all about the different religians and beliefs that are in 
the world.
Kendra Schaber
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
To: "An exploration of art by and for blind persons" 
<artists-making-art at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Introduction from Jewel


> Hi Jewel,
> I do a medieval style of beadworking - encrusted bead work.  I make 
> talismans - I am interested in the spiritual and therapudic traditions as 
> described in the Crystal Bible. All my talismans are designed around a 
> particular stone and have ancient meanings. An example would be a recent 
> one I created for my solo show. It is called "Agate Spirit's Magic 
> Shield." This started because I had a large slice of a very beautiful 
> Agate. When I researched the stone I found that the Agate was a gemstone 
> used by ancient warriors - an agate would be worked into the warriors 
> shield for protection from the enemy in battle and for victory over the 
> enemy. I used the Agate stone as my centerpiece.  Arround it, I arranged 
> Tiger Eye - and created a shield Talisman. It is quite large, to reflect 
> it's use as a talisman protective shield. It was a show stopper.
>
> I could never do such work without the CCTV, Acrobat. The Acrobat allows 
> me to move it around as needed, and to use a remote to focus in and out as 
> necessary.  Such work is minute and picky, and takes many weeks to do.
>
> When I work, I try never to have more than three kids of stones, or 
> Japanese seed beads out at any given time. My husband helps me with the 
> colors, as I cannot see them. I put them in little containers and I 
> remember exactly where each color is situation so I can work and get 
> exactly what I want, where I want it.
>
> I have no central vision, and only minimal, peripheral vision that is like 
> walking in clouds, every thing is blurred out for me - I see no details at 
> any time. I have to work by touch mostly, but somenow the Acrobat helps me 
> get my job done and the results are spectacular. But, I know for sure that 
> if I had no vision whatsoever, and no light perception, I could never do 
> this kind of work. It is done in many, many layers and the beads so small 
> they were hard to even see when I COULD see - that was 4 years ago.
>
> I have created a number of really lovely Russian Spiral pieces, too, but 
> again, I turn them into Talismans as that is where my interest lies. I use 
> the Russian Sprials for the necklace that attaches to my encrusted 
> beadworked pendants.
>
> I have just cleared all my beadwork-in-progress off my dining room table. 
> I am cleaning and getting things ready for Christmas. I won't be doing any 
> more beadwork till in January.
>
> Lynda River Woman
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jewel" <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
> To: "An exploration of art by and for blind persons" 
> <artists-making-art at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 8:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Introduction from Jewel
>
>
>> Cool. What kind of beadwork do you do? Have you tried French beaded
>> flowers? My sister did that, and they are awesome and very tactile.
>>
>> ~Jewel
>>
>> On 12/4/11, Lynda Lambert <llambert at zoominternet.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Jewel
>>> I do all my beadwork using the Acrobat cc tv. I use the Acrobat as the
>>> camera is outside and can move anywhere I want it to focus. I can make 
>>> it
>>> SEE outside my windows if I like, or across a room. It is great for me. 
>>> I do
>>> all my encrusted beadowrking with it and could never do it non-visually. 
>>> I
>>> do not see much color, but that is not important - I have my husband and 
>>> I
>>> ask him to describe the color and since I am a former art professor, no
>>> problem, my mind knows exactly what the color is.
>>>
>>> Lynda River Woman
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jewel" <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "An exploration of art by and for blind persons"
>>> <artists-making-art at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 1:45 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Introduction from Jewel
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Heather,
>>> Thank you for sharing how you paint! Maybe wehn I get surgery on my
>>> right eye, I'll be able to do that (They did a test for potential
>>> vision,a nd it's 20/400 in the right eye). Do you ever paint under
>>> CCTV, or have you considered painting under CCTV, or connecting a CCTV
>>> camera to a big TV and painting by looking at the TV screen?
>>>
>>> My background as a professional artist means that I can still do a
>>> decent drawing. I remember when a bunch of friends were playing
>>> charades, I asked if I could have a go. They all seemed hesitant to
>>> let me tryk, but finally let me...before long, they were arguing over
>>> whose team I was on because everytime I drew something, the answer was
>>> guessed in no time flat@ Keep in mind, this is done by a womaqn with
>>> vision no greater than 3/350, so...yea, I can't see what I'm drawing
>>> *at all* even if the glare on the board didn't stop me from seeing it.
>>>
>>> Hope you are feeling better, and I hope to hear from you again!
>>>
>>> ~Jewel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/4/11, Heather Kirkwood <hkdawn at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> Jewel, please forgive the slow response. I'm catching up on e-mail. 
>>>> I've
>>>> been traveling, and of course, typical me - got sick on the road. I 
>>>> guess
>>>> it
>>>> wouldn't be a trip without drama and adding a new hospital to my tour 
>>>> of
>>>> great American hospitals! Groan!
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I'm envious of all the creativity here, and all the really
>>>> interesting and creative ways people are doing art. I love what I do, 
>>>> but
>>>> I
>>>> certianly wouldn't mind expanding my horizons and learning new things! 
>>>> I
>>>> already have learned some things I hope to try out when life settles 
>>>> down
>>>> a
>>>> bit.
>>>>
>>>> My mom was an art teacher. When I was a baby, she'd buy these big roles 
>>>> of
>>>> newsprint and lay me in the middle with jumbo crayons.
>>>>
>>>> Growing up, everyone pointed to my artwork to "prove" I wasn't really
>>>> "blind" and didn't really need all of the services that entailed. In a
>>>> strange sort of way, being good at something strictly "visual" has 
>>>> bitten
>>>> me
>>>> in the butt over the years.
>>>>
>>>> My vision is 20/400. I have a rare form of albinism called
>>>> Hermansky-Pudlak
>>>> Syndrome. It also involves a lot of other health issues etc. For us,
>>>> perhaps
>>>> the best way to explain our vision is that everyone else is looking at 
>>>> the
>>>> world through the newest, greatest high definition TV, while we're 
>>>> using
>>>> the
>>>> 1950s set (only we do see color.) We don't see details well. Over the
>>>> years,
>>>> I've learned to study what I'm going to paint ahead of time. I look at
>>>> photos (or take my own) and use magnification to study them until I 
>>>> pretty
>>>> much almost have them memorized - but in peices. Then, when I paint, I 
>>>> put
>>>> the picture together in my head and put in details that actually if I 
>>>> were
>>>> looking at the subject, I very well might not really see. When I can't 
>>>> see
>>>> something, I just make up something to put in it's place.
>>>>
>>>> I love to draw, and am really anxious to try some of the drawing boards
>>>> people have spoken about.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Heather Kirkwood
>>>> Director of Outreach, Vice President
>>>> Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
>>>> One South Road
>>>> Oyster Bay, NY 11771
>>>> 1 (800) 789-9HPS
>>>> www.hpsnetwork.org
>>>>
>>>> Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>> Search the Web at www.goodsearch.com and choose the HPS Network as your
>>>> charity!
>>>>
>>>> HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012
>>>>
>>>> --- On Mon, 11/28/11, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Introduction from Jewel
>>>> To: "An exploration of art by and for blind persons"
>>>> <artists-making-art at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Date: Monday, November 28, 2011, 6:47 PM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Heather,
>>>> I'm so envious about you doing painting. I don't feel I can do
>>>> painting anymore, because I'm nearly totally blind...besides, what's
>>>> the fun of doing art that you can't enjoy yourself? I used to do
>>>> professional painting, though, particuarly medieval illuminations.
>>>>
>>>> On 11/28/11, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Heather,
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice to meet you. I always wanted to be able to paint as my uncle, mom
>>>>> and brother have the ability, but I can barely draw a stick figure,
>>>>> smile! My sister is an amazing photographer, but since having a baby 
>>>>> and
>>>>> getting married while a senior in high school, she's quit doing it. 
>>>>> I've
>>>>> been trying to encourage her to get back into it, but she has some 
>>>>> crazy
>>>>> idea that she has to give up on all her dreams.
>>>>>
>>>>> We're not terribly far away as I'm about 3, or 4, hours away 
>>>>> (depending
>>>>> on how fast you drive) from one another. I'm in Omaha, Nebraska. KC 
>>>>> has
>>>>> a huge art community, and so does Omaha, which is not widely known for
>>>>> some reason. No farmers and cornfields in Omaha. We have an annual 
>>>>> arts
>>>>> festival each summer in our beautiful downtown area along with art
>>>>> exhibits in various locations throughout the year. We also off the
>>>>> Beemis Center, which host artists from around the world supporting the
>>>>> arts as well as providing artists an opportunity to work on their
>>>>> material. We also have a huge music and theatre community catering to
>>>>> many, many tastes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Welcome, and hopefully we can work to build an awesome community here!
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>>>>> Read my blog at:
>>>>> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>>>>>
>>>>> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
>>>>> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: artists-making-art-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>> [mailto:artists-making-art-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Heather
>>>>> Kirkwood
>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 12:57 PM
>>>>> To: An exploration of art by and for blind persons
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Artists-making-art] Introduction from Jewel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Jewel,
>>>>> Glad to meet you. I was also excited to hear about this list. I 
>>>>> haven't
>>>>> been able to make it to a national convention in years I'm very sorry 
>>>>> to
>>>>> say, so I missed the exhibit.
>>>>>
>>>>> I live in Kansas City and worked as a journalist for more than a 
>>>>> decade.
>>>>> A few years ago I had to quit working because of various medical 
>>>>> issues.
>>>>> The up side was it gives me more time to work on my artwork. I do 
>>>>> mostly
>>>>> acrylic and watercolor painting, although some more crafty things here
>>>>> and there. I have some photos of some of my artwork on facebook. The
>>>>> photos, however, aren't that great. I don't have the equipment to do
>>>>> really nice professional shots.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.40809269878.48618.564064878
>>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.40809269878.48618.564064878&t
>>>>> ype=1> &type=1
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Heather Kirkwood
>>>>> Director of Outreach, Vice President
>>>>> Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network
>>>>> One South Road
>>>>> Oyster Bay, NY 11771
>>>>> 1 (800) 789-9HPS
>>>>> www.hpsnetwork.org <http://www.hpsnetwork.org/>
>>>>>
>>>>> Personal blog: www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com
>>>>> <http://www.heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com/>
>>>>>
>>>>> Search the Web at www.goodsearch.com <http://www.goodsearch.com/> and
>>>>> choose the HPS Network as your charity!
>>>>>
>>>>> HPS New York Conference - March 16-18, 2012
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On Mon, 11/28/11, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: [Artists-making-art] Introduction from Jewel
>>>>> To: artists-making-art at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Date: Monday, November 28, 2011, 10:04 AM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear list,
>>>>> My name is Jewel. I am 26 years old and live in Raleigh, North
>>>>> Carolina. I am very happy to see this list started and will look
>>>>> forward to the potential startup of an artists' division.
>>>>>
>>>>> I heard about the possible division at the national convention, where
>>>>> I enjoyed the art exhibit and hands-on fun. (I was the one that made
>>>>> the clay elephant). I very much enjoyed talking to Mrs. Cunningham and
>>>>> the others, and hope that you will all be on this list as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's to a great list,
>>>>> Jewel
>>>>>
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