TJR Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I already have a couple of "it hurts when I do that" moves in clay, so I just don't do that. I imagine the things that hurt will increase as I age, but I can't imagine totally losing all capability to work with clay. That's what it would take to make me stop. As we age, we all will develop some aches and pains. As most people here know, I am rocking the titanium hip. Had to hand build for a year. Not that hand building was a default choice, I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. The question about completely stopping, makes me wonder if there is something that John Glick is not saying about his health. TJR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I have a friend, Bob Pike, that developed serious environmental allergies to clay dust and mould. He stopped working in clay entirely, bought himself a plasma cutter and makes art vessels that way now. His wife Connie still does all the clay work. Connie's work: http://www.pikestudios.com/Pike_Studios/Connie_Pike.html Bob's work: http://www.pikestudios.com/bob/Site/Art_Boxes.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 ...............makes me wonder if there is something that John Glick is not saying about his health. In my experience, I find that people generally do not like talking about their health issues publically. I personally know 5 studio potters who have diagnosed lung diseases that are very likely work related..... who do not publically acknowledge the fact that they are sick at all. best, ..................john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyne Schoenmann Posted December 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 In Switzerland there is the case of the famous Arnold Annen, who is on oxygen 24/24 now and is waiting for a lung transplant. He has no problems in telling people how ill he is, but he never says if it's from the clay dust... Fair enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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