During the 2013 annual symposium in Tampa 10 blind folk from the local Lighthouse For The Blind organisation attended a touch-and-feel session with some interesting turned pieces provided by a number of professional wood turners, and then they all turned a pen each in the Youth Room (first time they had ever even seen a lathe). There is an article about this experience by Andi Sullivan and Al Miller in the February 2014 American Woodturner.
Here is a video of this event, made by Mike Hou from the International Wood culture Society, which is now on the AAW Vimeo site:
http://vimeo.com/groups/205403/videos/81100469
I think he has done a very nice job of this video.
Here is a video of this event, made by Mike Hou from the International Wood culture Society, which is now on the AAW Vimeo site:
http://vimeo.com/groups/205403/videos/81100469
I think he has done a very nice job of this video.
