Braille As Art

April 3, 2009 in Art with 1 Comment

Elizabeth Symington uses found objects to create striking works of art whose meaning isn’t immediately apparent. Though she’s a sighted artist, she developed a fascination with Braille, and has since developed various art projects that use Braille paired with objects to describe color.

Braille Sculpture

Braille Sculpture Braille Sculpture

As she describes it, “This white plywood flashcard describes color by pairing a material with a color. The Braille says the color that the object represents. Under the object, such as the ballet shoes, it reads white. This means the texture of the smooth leather represents white.” I don’t know how effective her ‘descriptions’ would be to a vision impaired individual, but I do think the idea itself is very, very cool.

Check out Symington’s Etsy shop at NomadicSculptor. Her web site and blog are also worth a look.

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One Response to “Braille As Art”

  1. Elizabeth Symington April 6, 2009 at 4:10 pm #

    Hi Never teh Bride,
    Thank you for sharing my art. That was such a pleasant and flattering surprise! You are a very good writer. I sound so interesting. ;-)

    take care,
    Elizabeth