As a volunteer at a PACE (Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) site, I met a vision-impaired participant. She was kind enough to try a tactile puzzle (in felt) that I made from the seven tiles of a tangram. We decided my first attempt was too abstract. (When I'd tried working the puzzle with my eyes closed, I could picture the layout in my mind, since I'd authored it. Surely that made the task too easy...)
The participant then told me about a puzzle her daughter had made involving pieces of fruit and a vase of flowers. Using felt and cardboard, I constructed a second puzzle. This one was successful in two regards: People liked it and I discovered that needle-felting can be an exciting, almost paint-like medium.
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| Puzzle in needle-felted wool and cardboard |
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| Puzzle in wet-felted wool, yarn, and cardboard |
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| Wool felt tangram tiles, suitable for making an array of figures (see post of 1/11/2013) |
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| Cardboard, yarn, and felt puzzles. |
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