Robert Sinclair on sat 14 feb 98
I am fascinated with the discussion on blind potters. In my
day job I study how the nervous system processes the sense of
touch and how touch compares to sight and hearing (possible
applications to substituting touch for other senses). I am
curious as to whether any who teach throwing or particularly
sculpting to visually impaired students notice any differences in
skill acquisition related to age of blindness onset? Supposedly,
3-dimensional spatial sense develops quite differently in cases
of congenital and early blindness vs later-life adventitious
blindness. Does anyone know a blind sculptor who is into realism?
-- Bob
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