From the Imagination to the Tangible: Sculptures of the Totally Blind Children

Abstract

The researcher analyzes the individuals’ sculptures using the formalism approach that examines visual elements such as points, lines, shapes, forms, masses, tones of light and shadow, colors, spaces, and textures. Moreover, blind children, as well as others, were interviewed about the concepts of the artworks in order to gain a better understanding of the process of creativity and the perception of blind children.

The findings have shown that the creative process and the perception of each subject are different, especially with respect to color perception. Blind children have unique ways to remember and identify colors. They use the other remaining senses such as touch, taste, and feel. The majority of forms that blind children knew and used are geometric. Although their artworks are abstract and do not associate with meanings of the forms they have used, the beauty lies in its simplicity and innocence without any artificiality.