Blind Polymer Artist Sees Through Her Disability
Video #305: Roadtrip #1-10: “Just because you have low vision or can’t see, you can still do polymer.” ~Cindy Peterson
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IN THIS POST: — cindy peterson — sculpted — flowers — blindness — disabilities — dogs — pct roadtrip — interview — (Topics marked with an asterisk* are discussed in the Comments Section below).
My favorite thing about these PcT roadtrips, is that we get to learn first hand how everyone has different reasons why they love polymer clay as a medium for expressing their own creativity… even when there are obstacles and challenges.
For example, in spite of the fact that Cindy Peterson only has 10% of her vision remaining, she is still able to create beautiful polymer clay jewelry… along with some enthusiastic help from her passionate young friend, Elizabeth.
Cindy, Elizabeth and I spent the afternoon looking through boxes and boxes of their beads, jewelry and sculpted flowers. We shared lots of stories and I gave them as many tips as possible in the time available, for helping with their polymer clay projects.
Doug caught some of our visit on camera…
00:00:04 –> 00:00:11 (CL) Alright, we have a very special guest today, and his name is Misha the Singing Dog.
00:00:11 –> 00:00:15 (CP) He’s a long hair Chihuahua, yeah, you gonna sing?
00:00:15 –> 00:00:30 Sleep Country USA, why buy a mattress anywhere else?
00:00:30 –> 00:00:37 *howling* Yeah?
00:00:37 –> 00:00:47 Sleep Country USA?
00:00:47 –> 00:00:50 You gonna sing for the mattress people?
00:00:50 –> 00:00:51 That’s it?
00:00:51 –> 00:00:52 No more?
00:00:52 –> 00:00:53 Not for Minuet?
00:00:53 –> 00:00:54 You want hamburger?
00:00:54 –> 00:00:55 *laughing* Chicken?
00:00:55 –> 00:00:56 Hotdogs?
00:00:56 –> 00:00:57 He knows all those words.
00:00:57 –> 00:00:58 (CL) That’s hilarious.
00:00:58 –> 00:01:07 Hi guys, its Cindy Lietz, your Polymer Clay Tutor and we are at the Astoria/Seaside KOA
00:01:07 –> 00:01:16 Campground, and we are sitting here with Cindy Peterson, Cindy’s a good name, by the way,
00:01:16 –> 00:01:22 and we’re here with Elizabeth, Elizabeth is Cindy’s neighbor and they clay together which
00:01:22 –> 00:01:24 is very cool.
00:01:24 –> 00:01:30 So actually I’m gonna let Cindy tell you a little bit about herself, oh Doug wanted to
00:01:30 –> 00:01:36 show you that we were at the Campground, and we’ve got the trailer here, and it’s a beautiful
00:01:36 –> 00:01:41 kinda breezy day, you can smell campfire smoke all over the place, it’s kinda cozy isn’t
00:01:41 –> 00:01:42 it?
00:01:42 –> 00:01:43 (CP) Yeah.
00:01:43 –> 00:01:48 (CL) It’s a beautiful day… it’s a beautiful day, so I’m gonna let Cindy tell you a little
00:01:48 –> 00:01:54 bit about herself, you are not gonna believe this but she is actually blind, which is really
00:01:54 –> 00:01:59 cool, there isn’t a lot of, well there is probably a few people doing… making jewelry.
00:01:59 –> 00:02:06 But you’ll have to tell us about your eyesight and what… a little bit about how you go
00:02:06 –> 00:02:07 about this, and everything.
00:02:07 –> 00:02:15 (CP) Okay, well, I have Retinitis Pigmentosa which is… we call tunnel vision, I have
00:02:15 –> 00:02:19 less than 10% vision left, so I do my Polymer Clay…
00:02:19 –> 00:02:28 I enjoy making on a 6×6 clay tile, and I can lose pieces on that tile.
00:02:28 –> 00:02:31 (CL) You were saying that it was a little bit like looking through a…
00:02:31 –> 00:02:33 (CP) A straw.
00:02:33 –> 00:02:34 (CL) A straw, sometimes?
00:02:34 –> 00:02:39 (CP) Yeah, and then this eye decides whether it wants to work or not, and so Elizabeth
00:02:39 –> 00:02:47 here, she’s my bead finder if I lose anything, she has been known to get a penny a bead,
00:02:47 –> 00:02:49 if she finds it.
00:02:49 –> 00:02:52 (CL) If she hunts it down?
00:02:52 –> 00:03:00 (CP) Yeah, so anyways, I use my glasses, they’re currently kinda like a magnifier, and I also
00:03:00 –> 00:03:08 have a magnifying light for even more close up work, and as long as there’s contrast,
00:03:08 –> 00:03:16 I do pretty well, and I just wanna basically send a message that, just ‘cause you have
00:03:16 –> 00:03:21 low vision or you can’t see, you can still do Polymer.
00:03:21 –> 00:03:23 And with no vision…
00:03:23 –> 00:03:32 I got this tip from the Bead Show, this one artist is totally blind and he said she just
00:03:32 –> 00:03:35 has somebody pick the colors for her and then she makes it.
00:03:35 –> 00:03:37 (CL) Oh, and so she goes by feel for everything?
00:03:37 –> 00:03:38 (CP) Yup.
00:03:38 –> 00:03:39 (CL) Oh, that’s…
00:03:39 –> 00:03:43 (CP) So then that gave me even more encouragement that I would still be able to do this as my
00:03:43 –> 00:03:45 eyes progressively get worse.
00:03:45 –> 00:03:49 (CL) And you haven’t always been blind, you were full seeing when you were younger right?
00:03:49 –> 00:03:50 (CP) Yeah.
00:03:50 –> 00:03:52 (CL) And so it’s changed over the years.
00:03:52 –> 00:03:53 (CP) Yes.
00:03:53 –> 00:03:57 (CL) But she does some really great work, it’s really fun to see that she’s definitely
00:03:57 –> 00:04:03 doing the tutorials, she is cranking out tons and tons and tons of things… the whole box
00:04:03 –> 00:04:06 is over there, we might get our bead finder to go grab it.
00:04:06 –> 00:04:12 Do you want to grab the box, and we’ll show you all the stuff, and she’s got some beautiful
00:04:12 –> 00:04:16 necklaces and things here, I’ll show them to you.
00:04:16 –> 00:04:20 They’ve got… you will be able to see if you’ve been following the tutorials, that
00:04:20 –> 00:04:25 she’s got some of the Polymer Curb Chain here.
00:04:25 –> 00:04:29 She’s got some… and you’ve done such a nice job with the colors and stuff, they have kind
00:04:29 –> 00:04:31 of a metallic look to them.
00:04:31 –> 00:04:33 (CP) Well people think it’s chain.
00:04:33 –> 00:04:35 (CL) Oh, they think it’s chain?
00:04:35 –> 00:04:38 (CP) They actually think it’s metal, until they pick it up.
00:04:38 –> 00:04:40 (CL) Yeah, it’s so light.
00:04:40 –> 00:04:44 (CP) Yeah, then they realize, oh it’s not, and I think that’s great.
00:04:44 –> 00:04:48 (CL) That is cool, and she’s done sort of a neat thing here with the bead cap, she’s
00:04:48 –> 00:04:52 sorta turned them inside out on each other, and they have a bit of… a lot of movement
00:04:52 –> 00:04:53 and stuff to them.
00:04:53 –> 00:04:56 Oh, here’s another one too, a lot of this stuff we haven’t even seen yet, here’s another
00:04:56 –> 00:05:03 one with a Polymer chain, and hers is quite large and neat looking.
00:05:03 –> 00:05:05 (CP) That’s the eyesight issue.
00:05:05 –> 00:05:09 (CL) That’s the eyesight… well you know if you can’t see, you might as well just make
00:05:09 –> 00:05:10 it bigger.
00:05:10 –> 00:05:11 (CP) I make it to where I can see it.
00:05:11 –> 00:05:16 (CL) That’s really cool, and she’s got a lot of neat bright colors and shiny metallics
00:05:16 –> 00:05:21 and things in here too, and you were saying that you had a harder time with this kind
00:05:21 –> 00:05:27 of… it’s a memory wire bracelet, and because the colors were really similar and the wire
00:05:27 –> 00:05:30 was Gold, she was having trouble, there wasn’t enough contrast?
00:05:30 –> 00:05:33 (CP) Especially at the beginning of this stage.
00:05:33 –> 00:05:34 (CL) Oh with the wire springing around?
00:05:34 –> 00:05:40 (CP) When it’s mostly the Gold wire, getting caught up with each other, and then I’d
00:05:40 –> 00:05:41 have to re-hunt the beginning.
00:05:41 –> 00:05:46 (CL) Well, it would go nicely with my KOA bracelet, that I’ve stuck… yes this is
00:05:46 –> 00:05:50 my latest jewelry, isn’t it fabulous?
00:05:50 –> 00:05:55 But it’s so cute, you did a great job on that, I really like it, now she’s got leaves and
00:05:55 –> 00:06:02 little pods here, she’s done tons of cane work and lots of stuff.
00:06:02 –> 00:06:04 (CP) There’s something I wanted to show you…
00:06:04 –> 00:06:05 (CL) You’ve got something else in there?
00:06:05 –> 00:06:08 (CP) Well this is with Kato Clay.
00:06:08 –> 00:06:10 (CL) Oh, with Kato PolyClay?
00:06:10 –> 00:06:14 (CP) Yeah, and it turned out looking like… the way I did it, it turned out looking like
00:06:14 –> 00:06:15 leather to me.
00:06:15 –> 00:06:16 (CL) Oh, it sure does.
00:06:16 –> 00:06:18 (CP) And that’s a cane I made…
00:06:18 –> 00:06:21 (CL) Can you get a close-up of that, Doug?
00:06:21 –> 00:06:22 Cool, hey?
00:06:22 –> 00:06:27 And it does look like leather with the little holes in it and the way the color looks.
00:06:27 –> 00:06:30 (CP) Because it’s not the Metallic Copper, it’s just plain Copper.
00:06:30 –> 00:06:33 (CL) Oh, she has that?
00:06:33 –> 00:06:39 Or is it just… plain Copper, I haven’t seen that yet, I just picked myself up a whole
00:06:39 –> 00:06:43 bunch of the little Kato Clays, I don’t get it in Canada without shipping it, so I just
00:06:43 –> 00:06:46 got some when I was here, and that’s really awesome, I’ll have to try that out.
00:06:46 –> 00:06:53 (CP) ‘Cause this is the metallic, and this is this stuff, and see the difference.
00:06:53 –> 00:06:59 (CL) Oh, neat, she’s got like all sorts of little… this is sorta has a bit of a steam
00:06:59 –> 00:07:03 punk look to it, is this gonna be a pin or a pendant or something?
00:07:03 –> 00:07:05 (CP) It was gonna be a pendant.
00:07:05 –> 00:07:09 (CL) A pendant, it’s quite neat looking, it’s got lots of little tiny detail and things
00:07:09 –> 00:07:10 on it.
00:07:10 –> 00:07:12 (CP) So that’s why I thought…
00:07:12 –> 00:07:14 (CL) Oh, you’re gonna put that together?
00:07:14 –> 00:07:16 (CP) Well they’re two different Coppers, (CL) Oh, yeah.
00:07:16 –> 00:07:18 (CP) So they came out looking…
00:07:18 –> 00:07:19 (CL) That’s neat.
00:07:19 –> 00:07:22 (CP) So one is metallic and one is not.
00:07:22 –> 00:07:25 (CL) I’ll have to discover all of that, that’s really neat.
00:07:25 –> 00:07:27 Now you’ve been…
00:07:27 –> 00:07:29 Elizabeth, you’ve been making flowers haven’t you?
00:07:29 –> 00:07:33 Why don’t you talk a little bit about the flowers?
00:07:33 –> 00:07:37 (E) The flowers, I start out with just… with the clay machine, I do the…
00:07:37 –> 00:07:43 I make, with the little circle cutters, I just cut circles and then I make… with the
00:07:43 –> 00:07:48 first circle, I like twist it so it has this kinda shape.
00:07:48 –> 00:07:51 (CL) Oh, yeah, yeah, so you make the little…
00:07:51 –> 00:07:53 (E) And then I just go up a bit.
00:07:53 –> 00:07:58 (CL) Right and then you go around and around, and look at… she’s as she’s going along,
00:07:58 –> 00:08:04 look at this one, look at… she’s gotten really, really delicate with her pieces here,
00:08:04 –> 00:08:06 some of her first ones.
00:08:06 –> 00:08:08 And then here’s one, this one would have been a first one too.
00:08:08 –> 00:08:10 (E) Yeah, when I just started.
00:08:10 –> 00:08:13 (CL) Yeah, so she’s just started and you can see that at this has gotten a little bit
00:08:13 –> 00:08:19 flattened, which happens, but as she’s improving, you can see each little petal is starting
00:08:19 –> 00:08:20 to lift up and get thinner.
00:08:20 –> 00:08:25 I showed her a little trick for rolling around the edges, to get them all frilly, so hopefully
00:08:25 –> 00:08:27 that’ll help you continue.
00:08:27 –> 00:08:32 And she’s… they’re just so beautiful, and you’ve done a neat thing with these ones,
00:08:32 –> 00:08:35 you’ve got some colors mixed in, did you marble the clay first.
00:08:35 –> 00:08:39 (E) Yeah, I used the Yellow and the Red.
00:08:39 –> 00:08:40 (CL) Yellow and Red?
00:08:40 –> 00:08:41 So what brand are you working with?
00:08:41 –> 00:08:42 What brand of clay?
00:08:42 –> 00:08:43 (E) Sculpley and…
00:08:43 –> 00:08:44 (CL) Sculpey?
00:08:44 –> 00:08:45 (E) Yeah, and what was the other one?
00:08:45 –> 00:08:48 (CP) Fimo (E) Fimo.
00:08:48 –> 00:08:54 (CL) And Fimo, yeah, they are both neat, and which one do you like, of those two?
00:08:54 –> 00:08:56 Which one do you think is nicest?
00:08:56 –> 00:08:57 (E) I think the Sculpley is…
00:08:57 –> 00:08:59 (CL) Sculpey, yeah, it’s Sculpey.
00:08:59 –> 00:09:04 (E) … is easier to work with because it has the chunks of it, so you just cut it and
00:09:04 –> 00:09:05 that’s easy to work with.
00:09:05 –> 00:09:09 (CL) Oh, right, yeah, ‘cause the Fimo is kinda in the little bars, oops, it jumped
00:09:09 –> 00:09:10 off in my hand.
00:09:10 –> 00:09:15 And you’ve also done… and one on here, on this pendant, did you do all this other stuff
00:09:15 –> 00:09:16 too?
00:09:16 –> 00:09:17 (E) No, I…Cindy did the part…I just…
00:09:17 –> 00:09:22 (CP) I did the cane and this is re-claimed jewelry…
00:09:22 –> 00:09:25 (CL) Yeah with the… yeah, upcycled…
00:09:25 –> 00:09:29 (CP) Yeah, recycled and she did the flower.
00:09:29 –> 00:09:31 (CL) So it’s a collaboration?
00:09:31 –> 00:09:34 It’s called an artist collaboration when two people put them together.
00:09:34 –> 00:09:36 Isn’t that neat?
00:09:36 –> 00:09:40 I love it that you guys are working together there, and Cindy has a website, and what did
00:09:40 –> 00:09:41 you say the name was?
00:09:41 –> 00:09:49 (CP) JewelryByTwoFriends and it’s at myshopify.com (CL) myshopify.com, and you said the reason
00:09:49 –> 00:09:51 what the name was… why it was cool?
00:09:51 –> 00:09:56 (E) Because my Mom and Cindy are friends and then me and Amanda are friends.
00:09:56 –> 00:09:59 (CL) Yeah, so then that works out to 2 friends, twice.
00:09:59 –> 00:10:05 Well, it’s been super great, we’ll probably do a lot more chatting here about all these
00:10:05 –> 00:10:10 different pieces, she’s got millions of them here, and she has millions of flowers.
00:10:10 –> 00:10:13 So you guys out there who are not making anything?
00:10:13 –> 00:10:16 You have no excuses, you need to get going.
00:10:16 –> 00:10:17 (CP) And I do make them into jewelry.
00:10:17 –> 00:10:21 (CL) And she does make beautiful pieces, this is a neat piece too here, she’s got all her
00:10:21 –> 00:10:26 little flowers all in a dangly bracelet, do you use one of those chain stay?
00:10:26 –> 00:10:27 (CP) Yep.
00:10:27 –> 00:10:31 (CL) I figured that would be best for your eyesight there, it’d make it easier to scroll
00:10:31 –> 00:10:34 up and down, (CP) It does.
00:10:34 –> 00:10:39 (CL) a chain stay is a little bracelet holder that helps you design your bracelets, which
00:10:39 –> 00:10:40 is kinda really cool.
00:10:40 –> 00:10:45 Anyways, so we will wrap it up and we will see you next time, probably on another location
00:10:45 –> 00:10:46 on the road.
00:10:46 –> 00:10:49 We’ll see you next time, bye for now.
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Thanks for this Cindy! I have a niece that is legally blind… And I had wondered about introducing her to the polymer clay hobby.. Now, I know it is not beyond her at all… I too have always worried about my own arthritis and vision getting worse… This makes us appreciate what we have and not worry so much about the future…Just keep Claying n Playing and never give up.
Thank you, I will keep on claying and I have improved so much with practice. I use magnifiers for the small stuff. My last teacher in class noticed I make things big even though my vision is narrow. Tell her to give it a try and no what she loves.. here is my Facebook page.
Thanks for inspiring!.. Will do!
Just wanted to add a quick reference link here. It will take you to another conversation thread where several other blind polymer clay artists have been discussing various issues and inspirations. Have a look…
“I’m blind and one of a kind!” Seeing through disabilities with polymer clay
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Hello again
You know I was struggling with do I tell people I am blind or not. I went with I am a artist who happens to be blind. I want and still want to encourage others to follow their passions.
Well, at the B’Sue creative Group on FB, they have another new member who because of this video is now picking up her jewelry tools and is going to give jewelry a start to a new craft. Not sure about the polymer thing. I have msg. her and told her my story and how fun polymer is. So I will see when she ans. her story.
she was given this information about the video by a friend and after watching decided to give jewelry a try. She does like crafts.
I feel so good that I can inspire and with Cindy’s help the video is being seen and passed on. Good for Cindy as well as maybe she to will see new customers.
Thanks all
PS Hi Kym from Synergy3
That is a fantastic story Cindy P!! I am so pleased to hear that your story has inspired others. My heart warms for you.
Cindy P,
Oh my goodness what a talented pair you are! I loved looking at your flicker pages.
I was sorry to hear that Elizabeth is no longer your neighbor , you will miss her but the times that
you share now will be priceless.
All the best wishes for your trip.
Karonkay
Thanks and I added this video to my website. I will let you know how it goes. Also cindy my beads that i just finished felt just like yours. then I added a thin varnish, now I have to sand again. But I am improving and relying more with the touch they felt like soft butter as my mother would say. I am practicing a lot and I feel like I am not in the experimenting mode like i was, more fine tuning what I know.
Say to Doug and the kids, back to sanding he he
Hi all, OH My Gosh, Elizabeth and I had no idea that comments were left about our video with Cindy. Thank you all for your kind words, love and support. I didn’t even think to look.
I bought a polymer oven, clay and pasta machine for Elizabeth for Christmas , so she can continue her love of polymer at her house. She no longer lives next door so our time together is short but she is still willing to help and loves to learn.
I have updates a few things on web page and flickr. I am working on my Etsy store. I am for the first time traveling blind alone to Atlanta GA for the IPCA Synergy in March. A Little scary as I will know no one but I need to do this.
Again Thank you from the bottom of my Heart and I wish all of you a Happy New Year in 2013. Keep on claying! Cindy
Cindy P. it is wonderful to hear from you! You lucky duck getting to go to Synergy! I’d love to go. Do come back and let us know how it all went, what you learned and who you met. If only the event was during the summer when we can travel, it would make it easier to get to. Have fun and say Hi to Elizabeth!
Monique, thank you so much for sending us Cindy P.s Flicker page. I was feeling so low being sick all week and after viewing her jewelrybytwofriends pages it really perked me up.
their designs just blew me away. That was so wonderful of you to share.
I bet being inspired by their creations was better than any medicine, Dixie! Hope you will be on the mend soon.
I was so thrilled to finally view this, Cindy… and not only because of Cindy P. and Elizabeth’s amazing collab. About three months ago, I added some contacts to my Flickr account. One of them was a duo whose work was quite lovely and who shared a bit about their story. I even commented on one particular memory wire bracelet they displayed. As I watched the video yesterday, the story of Cindy P’s challenges, and the name of their design team, “jewelrybytwofriends”, was sounding strangely familiar :) It was just when I got to the 3:30 mark, and saw the brightly coloured bracelet, that I recognized them as the pair whose work I had admired last August. As everyone here knows, I love that kind of serendipity! Here is the link for Cindy and Elizabeth’s Flickr photostream for anyone who’d like to admire some great photos of their beautiful work.
I really enjoyed seeing this video of Cindy and her friend, Elizabeth. I have just found out that I MAY have the beginning of glaucoma. I hope not, but if I do have it, I am encouraged that I will still be able to do polymer clay. Thank you for the encouragement. Cindy has some very beautiful jewelry as well as Elizabeth, also. What a wonderful video. Will Misha be on a TV commercial?
Cindy P. and Elizabeth, you two are just great. Sometimes, when I’m “arting”, I’ve thought what will I do comes the day I can’t see well or my fingers are arthritic or…? Well, I just got my answer.Cindy, you have a definite palette whether you can see it or not. And Elizabeth, it is obvious you are really learning fast. Your bracelet is very beautiful and gay. Congratulations to you both and much luck with your business venture. Go, go, go!
I sure enjoy these visits thanks Cindy and Cindy
Sure, but, everyone else too. We have folks here that struggle with a lot, yet they continue to create beautiful art, and learn new techniques. But, “buddies” make it more fun, lol.
We used to have a group who assembled once a month on Fri nite to tackle craft project of choice. Perhaps I should mention we had more than one blender on the counter.
We had the best time, laughed like fools, amazed each other with different ideas, and treasured our time together.
I can’t tell you how overwhelmed I was watching this video. Cindy P. you are an amazing woman and your helper is an amazing girl. The two of you together just shows the kindness, friendship and love you share working together in your clay creations. You have given me such hope after learning that I have beginning cataracts in both eyes and I really needed to see this video which tells me that one can really do what they love if they put their mind to it and the Good Lord will provide a way. (((hugs))) and blessings to you both, loved your adorable singing dog and thank you Leitz family for another wonderful visit to some of our clay family!
I too know what it’s like to have eye problems. I was diagnosed with MS about 20 years ago and was blind for three months. I’m partially blind in my left eye and have a teeny tiny blind spot in my right eye. Not enough to stop me from doing anything, just enough to be annoying sometimes cause I don’t have any depth perception. I know that my faith got me through that time and most of the songs I sing now I wrote during that time. I never thought in a million years that I would be singing the songs I wrote during one of the darkest (literally) times of my life nearly two decades later in a band ministering to people.
If there is ever a moral to the health affliction story it’s “buddy up.” Never has that played as with this interview. Despite Michelle’s difficulties, she is quick to explore new options, and involve children and animals.
Michelle your work is wonderful and right up there with those metallic finishes. Hopefully it will provide you with a future steady income stream.
For visual aides, I highly recommend you explore state of the art surgical implements. Some of them provide mirrors and excellent light support as you need them, and these items could make all the difference for you. Team up with topnotch visual specialists at your local college or university, K?
Hi Jocelyn, did you mean Cindy and Elizabeth from this video?
Another fantastic visit with Cindy P, Elizabeth and not forgetting Misha. Loved your steam-punk and the pod bead, Cindy, you are amazing.
The delicate rose that Elizabeth fashioned from “scupley” was really beautiful. So lovely to see two friends sharing a passion together despite the age gap………….cheers xx…………………………………
PS.Message from Jessica (my doggie) to Misha:
Wooo woo wufff woo woo wuff wuff woooooooooooooooooooo.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this visit – Hi Cindy, Elizabeth and Misha. Your pod bead with the light green leaves was one of my favorites and your collaboration piece with Elizabeth was stunning. I can’t wait to check out your web site. BTW, Misha is TOO CUTE FOR WORDS!!!! If she ever wants to go into show biz we can all go on tour. I can see it now Misha and Michelle singing sensations a howling good time! Yes, I give her top billing animals always steal the show. :o)
That is so awesome that she has Elizabeth to help her out. Thanks for sharing that Cindy.
Wow! Wow! Wow! How inspiring!! You have an amazing ability to see with your hands!! Beautiful work!
I have always tried to be aware of my sight. I never try to take it for granted. As an artist, color is my “drug-of-choice” so to speak. But, I always knew that clay is such a tool that eye sight is not extremely necessary.
Keep up the great work. Your flowers look wonderful and your helper and partner is very talented, too! What teamwork!
What a heart warming story. Two friends x 2!. Just loved it!!!!
Hi Cindy P
You dear lady are amazing !!! Such strength of heart and mind :)
Plus your beads are Super COOL – My favorite: your curb chain!!!!
I wish there was time for Doug to film ALL of your beads and jewelry
well back to the laundry… thank you guys for sharing your stories with all of us:)
Cindy that turned really good. Thanks Doug for making me look so young. HEHE
Elizabeth was covering pen blanks today with me and she has done a great job. Thanks again Cindy for all your tips, we are using them today. Great video!