[Nfb-krafters-korner] embossors - how to made one idea

Tue May 6 05:00:08 CDT 2008

your mother was a very creative lady she had a good idea.  Be 
sure to remember her on mothers day.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net
>To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
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>Date sent: Mon, 5 May 2008 23:41:32 -0500
>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] embossors - how to made one 
idea

>Hello:

>     The device is known as a tracing wheel.  APH and Howe Press 
sell them.  I
>think they are also used for sewing.  My Mother made drawings for 
me by
>putting a big needle in her sewing machine, removing the thread 
and sewing
>along lines with a short stitch.  Of course, different stitches 
would produce
>varying patterns.

>Regards,

>Robert

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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Carol Osmar" <osmarc at sbcglobal.net
>To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
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>Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:41 AM
>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] embossors - how to made one 
idea

>> This sounds like a great idea.

>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]"
>> <powerst at dcpcepn.nci.nih.gov
>>>To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>>Date sent: Mon, 5 May 2008 16:27:28 -0400
>>>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] embossors - how to made one
>> idea

>>>When I was learning geometry, we had a drawing device with a
>> metal
>>>handle and a bumpy wheel.  You could draw shapes and it would
>> make bumps
>>>on the other side of the page.  Check with the blind product
>> providers
>>>and see if it is still sold.  You could draw around a shape and
>> have it
>>>come out on the other side of the page.

>>>Terry Powers

>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Rovig, Lorraine [mailto:LRovig at nfb.org]
>>>Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 4:12 PM
>>>To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] embossors - how to made one
>> idea

>>>homemade embossers:
>>>To make the pattern, have a friend who is sighted cut out the
>> current
>>>size and shape of praying hands from a print item (church
>> newsletter,
>>>online art?) and glue the cut photo to a chunk of wood that fits
>> the
>>>hand as it will become your embossing stamp.  The sighted friend
>> takes
>>>thin strips of edged metal and, as they do in India with brass
>> strips
>>>for table top designs, uses a rubber mallet to pound the strips
>> into the
>>>wood, following the design of the hands.  Perhaps the copper wire
>> sold
>>>at craft stores (which is round, not edged) will permit embossing
>> a
>>>design on card stock without tearing a hole in the paper.  I
>> suggest
>>>trying 26 gauge and 20 gauge to see what works.

>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces+lrovig=nfb.org at nfbnet.org
>>>[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces+lrovig=nfb.org at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>>>Of Dan Brewer
>>>Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:07 PM
>>>To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] embossors

>>>I found praying hands at Walmart.  They were metal and stuck to a
>> napkin
>>>ring I was making quite easily.  I think you are thinking of
>> "blind
>>>Hands", I'll have to keep looking.

>>>I will let Carol tell you about her embossing set.  You know! I
>> bet
>>>someone could make a templet for the hand you are looking for and
>> you
>>>could use the tool to trace it on your card.

>>>HenriettaAt 10:35 PM 5/3/2008, you wrote:

>>>>You mentioned an embossing tool.  Please tell us a little about
>> this.

>>>>Has anyone ever come across hmmmmmm a sticker in the shape of a
>>>hand???
>>>>Need it to fit on a businesscard and be tactile enough to feel
>> the
>>>shape.

>>>>You got the wheels spinning now!

>>>>Joyce

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