[Nfb-krafters-korner] Friday's questions

[mary crawford]

Well I have done the paper folding about a month ago. I think that you could 
have  a sample of each fold maybe with lines. Like maybe two steps or three 
on each page of your book and explain it as you go.  You could have and 
arrow for which way to turn the paper next for the next fold. It would be 
alot of work but I think that if you put your mind to it , it could be done 
Have a great day. Mary C
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From: "jacks at pdx.edu" <jjacks at pdx.edu>
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Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 8:02 PM
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> olding paper in school when i could see much. I started folding
> money to keep it identified and decided I wanted to have it folded my way. 
> I
> got in a class for art teachers of elementary classes and as part of the
> class we had to d a lesson plan. I was in the middle of learning how to 
> fold
> a crane and the class ended. I didn't want to wait until a whole week had
> passed before I could find out how it turned from an angled piece of paper
> into an identifiable bird shape so I played with that paper for a few 
> hours
> until I figured it out. Persistance is more the mother of any success 
> rather
> than any amount of genius. I found I wanted more and much like the crane I
> was forced to take the limited assistance I could recieve and attempt
> alternative experiments. Books on Oragami are limited in usefulness for 
> the
> average person. I have since been involved in an oragami group that meets
> once a month where i learn something new and or present a model for the
> class to learn.  Folding is so technical it is difficult to have 
> directions
> in a purely verbal format. i have often thought of a three dimensional 
> book
> but when the folds start producing more than just a low relief model the
> book becomes less likely to work much less be mass produced.
> JimOriginal Message ----- 
> From: "Carol Osmar" <osmarc at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:34 AM
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>
>
>> When I was a senior in high school the teacher had no idea how to
>> work with a blind student and I never learned anything from her.
>> She gave me an a for the class.
>> My husband signed me up for a basket weaving class as a gift.
>> After my high school experience I was nervous but it went really
>> well.  Toward the end of the class one of the students told me
>> she was so surprised that I was able to keep up with the class
>> because she had a blind roommate in college who expected someone
>> to do everything for her.
>>
>> My sister Henrietta invited me to a card making party (kind of
>> like a tupperware) I was not very interested but you know how it
>> is when you are invited to something like that you feel you have
>> to go, so I did and I had a really fun time.  I was surprised at
>> the variety of tactile embellishments are available for cards.  I
>> am taking a spanish class that has been very difficult for both
>> me and the instructor.  I am making her a thank you card written
>> in spanish braille.
>>
>> After all that I need to say I have taught myself most of the
>> crafts I do.  I learned to crochet from a braille book from nls.
>> I also taught myself to use the knitting loom.
>>
>> I wish we all could get together and hire a teacher to put on a
>> class for us.  "
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