Braille Art - National Association for the Blind

Amaresh punches a needle through a layer of cardboard,carbon paper and perforated plastic sheet. The drawing is a collection of dots. Carbon paper is an important element in this art. The impressions of the needle on the carbon paper, creates the art on the cardboard. This cardboard is then framed and used as keychain hangers etc

Amaresh feels the perforated sheet and calculates the position of the point where the sheet has to be punched.

It was a great learning curve for me to shoot at a blind school recently. How many of us can believe that this was created by a blind person? I was amazed to see they way they work and understand the world by just the sense of touch. They have algebra classes. I happened to interact with one of the young students. I was just hoping that he wouldn't ask me what a camera is. I would have definitely fallen short of words to explain in a way he would imagine. I was really glad to know that he already knew about it. I never knew how ropes were made. I learnt it there from them. I loved that particular day. I learnt something from them and thats what I was glad about.

National Association for the Blind