Abstract:
The research aims to study and understand the perceptual and creative process of individuals who are blind through their sculptures made from molding clay or light clay. 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 from a gender perspective 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. In addition, the role of gender is exemplified through their individual concepts. The majority of forms that blind children are familiar with and used in their concepts are geometric. Although their artworks are abstract and do not associate with particular meaning of the forms they have used, the beauty lies in its simplicity and innocence without any artificiality.