Braille Art

Here is something different, my partner Julie is blind, and runs a business called "That Blind Woman", check it out on the web.

 "Koru Gate" is an extension of the Braille Art Concept into tactile art. Art that can be touched and "seen" by visually impaired and sighted viewers. The Koru is a symbol adopted by the New Zealand Maori as a symbol signifying new life or rebirth. The shape is derived from the seed head of the New Zealand fern. This natural symbol is married in this work with the European gate that divides neighbour from neighbour, and the ubiquitous corrugated iron also used in European construction is in the fun title. The piece measures 350mm x 670mm

LOOK is one of a highly successful series of mixed media work under the banner "Braille Art". It is tactile art that is accessible to sighted and vision impaired viewers. This work is 565mm x 305mm and is a mix of the written word and the braille word for LOOK. It is a comment on the need for us to focus in our lives, blind or sighted. A striking feature of the work is the play of light and shadow as light moves around it.Exhibited at ARTSOUTH GORE

 SOLD

 This multi media "Braille Art" work was inspired by the name of my partner's life coaching group, "Be Amazing". You can see or feel your way around the maze from the entrance on the left, and wend your way eventually to the exit on the bottom right. On the way you may find the bee that is hiding there in the maze. Do both and you too can "Bee Amazing". The work measures 560mm x 390mm.
On exhibition at ARTSOUTH GORE

 GO is one of a highly successful series of mixed media work under the banner "Braille Art". It is tactile art that is accessible to sighted and vision impaired viewers. This work is 350mm x 280mm and is a mix of the written word and the braille word for GO. It also emulates a set of traffic lights urging us perhaps to act now in our lives, blind or sighted. A striking feature of the work is the play of light and shadow as light moves around it.

 RODS AND CONES is part of a series of mixed media work under the banner "Braille Art". That is tactile art that is accessible to sighted and vision impaired viewers. This work is circular and 600mm in diameter. It is a stylised representation of the retina of the eye with the rods and cones that combine to provide periforal and central vision. The interplay of light and shadow on the work is a striking feature.

 FOCUS is one of a highly successful series of mixed media work under the banner "Braille Art". It is tactile art that is accessible to sighted and vision impaired viewers. This work is 565mm x 305mm and is a mix of the written word and the braille word for FOCUS. It is a comment on the focus that we should all have in our lives, blind or sighted. A striking feature of the work is the play of light and shadow as light moves around it.
SOLD

 EYES is one of a highly successful series of mixed media work under the banner "Braille Art". It is tactile art that is accessible to sighted and vision impaired viewers. This work is 485mm x 270mm and is a mix of the written word and the braille word for EYES. One set of sighted eyes casts a glance over two eyes with impaired vision. Of course a glance is not enough, we should be turning our attention to the work of assisting the visually impaired.. There is much still to do. A striking feature of the work is the play of light and shadow as light moves around it. In exhibition at ARTSOUTH GORE

 OK is one of a highly successful series of mixed media work under the banner "Braille Art". It is tactile art that is accessible to sighted and vision impaired viewers. This work is 330mm x 290mm and is a mix of the written word and the braille word for OK. It is a comment on the need to "keep calm, and carry on".  Julie, my partner who is blind says, "to lose my sight was unfortunate, to lose my sense of humour would have been tragic.
In exhibition at ARTSOUTH GORE