The two images featured this week are experimental sketches I am using to gauge how they are received before I design a landscape for a more permanent medium. Josh Miele has generously agreed to talk to me about his impressions of them and tactile images in general.
Mountain Landscape, sketch by Ann Cunningham 2015 blue and green plastic cast 11″ high by 11 1/2″ wide by 1/4″ deep
Bird Land, sketch by Ann Cunningham 2006 24″ high x 18″ wide x 1/4″ deep
“The Miele Lab is part of The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco, CA. Joshua A. Miele, Ph.D., is the principal investigator of this innovative team, conducting cutting-edge research into some of the most challenging and exciting areas of access to information for blind and visually-impaired people of all ages. The lab is part of Smith-Kettlewell’s Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center.” from the SKI.org website
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