Pres Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Yappystudent recently asked in the Question Pool for the QotW: Show of hands, pictures of potters hands. Really isn't a question, just a request so I made it into a question. . . What do your hands look like? So here are my hands, older, yet still in use! Roberta12 and yappystudent 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yappystudent Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Great hands there Pres. I have to trim my nails shorter than that or they mark up the clay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted July 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 I usually don't cut them much as when working they just wear short. I have not been in the shop for a few days, but back into it today. More orders. best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yappystudent Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Good peasant stock hands of a middling age and size. Actually a dishwashing job years ago ruined my hands but at least it got them ready for clay. Roberta12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEP Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Speaking of hands, has anyone else here ever had to be fingerprinted? I had to give fingerprints when I was hired to teach at a community center. The person doing it had a terrible time getting prints from my worn down fingertips. I have a potter friend who has a high security job. Her company is trying to install electronic fingerprint readers in their office, and she’s having a tough time using them. Just think of the crimes we potters could get away with. Roberta12 and Babs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputty Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) . Edited October 7, 2018 by Sputty dhPotter, Babs, GEP and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Not so easy to take pics of your own hands! My 4th of July glitter polish looks OK tho. Roberta12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted July 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Yeah, for the hands, I have most look like a lot less for wear than mine. As to the fingerprinting, I found that out a long time ago when I had to get printed for something. Couldn't get them, seemed there were two reasons, now swirls and did not seem to hold the ink well! Wonder why? At any rate folks, lets see those hands! best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Interesting--so far, none are clay-covered. What's up with that? (Guilty...too busy showing off my octopus ring.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabby Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 I have child-sized hands with proportions like Lee's in the sense of a square palm and not very long (okay, in my case short) fingers. I have been finger-printed many times because I have worked for both the federal government and the city and have worked in public schools, all of which require them. I am very difficult to finger print. In fact I think I have always had to go back a second time after they decide the prints are not good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazenerd Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 One typically bruised hand holding 530 pages of detailed notes, research, testing, and references on clay formulation: better known as " The Clay Codes." Roberta12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted July 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Yeah the older we get the more the bruising seems to happen. . . not even knowing how! best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEP Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Ok here are my hands. They are dirty this morning from yardwork, not pottery. Gnarly cuticles, bulging veins, and I’m always nursing some cuts and scrapes. Roberta12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted July 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Working hands, Mea! best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 I love looking at the photos of hands, I have no photos of my hands. They are what people call man hands, they are a inch longer than my husbands. He had to get his class ring sized smaller after we got engaged so he could wear it. I have to buy men's gloves and shoes in the winter. They aren't too gnarly yet considering my age but they do have tiny wrinkles all over them. Denice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 50+ years of working in clay.Just back from Italy and a wood firing at La meridiana, installed an installation and exhibited our work in Faenza plus presented talks at the Carlos Zuali museum. I find the clay in Italy to work like a softener. My hands don't usually look this good when working in porcelain. Roberta12 and Callie Beller Diesel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Well, my fingers have always been too short to be called graceful. My nails are soft and don’t really grow long anyways. So I am glad they are strong, skilled hands. (Also, given the weird things I had to do to take this shot, how did everyone with both hands in the shot get theirs?) Roberta12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Another pair of child sized hands. (was peeling beets) Marcia Selsor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted July 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Callie, it was easy, I had my wife take the picture of my hands! Of course she had to ask the weird questions! best, Pres Callie Beller Diesel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yappystudent Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Callie Beller Diesel said: Well, my fingers have always been too short to be called graceful. My nails are soft and don’t really grow long anyways. So I am glad they are strong, skilled hands. (Also, given the weird things I had to do to take this shot, how did everyone with both hands in the shot get theirs?) @ Callie Beller Diesel: Camera with a timer on it, balanced on the back of my work table. Callie Beller Diesel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEP Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 10 hours ago, Callie Beller Diesel said: Also, given the weird things I had to do to take this shot, how did everyone with both hands in the shot get theirs? In the photo of my hands, you can see in the lower right corner, the coffee grinder that my iPad was perched atop. Marcia Selsor and Callie Beller Diesel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 7 hours ago, GEP said: In the photo of my hands, you can see in the lower right corner, the coffee grinder that my iPad was perched atop. I had my phone balanced on a travel mug. I'm glad I wasn't the only one hitting the button with my nose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazenerd Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Pres: would you please start a new thread titled: " pictures of people taking selfies of their hands." I have to see Callie taking pictures with her nose. terrim8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 7 hours ago, glazenerd said: Pres: would you please start a new thread titled: " pictures of people taking selfies of their hands." I have to see Callie taking pictures with her nose. I walked right into that, didn't I. glazenerd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancylee Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 On 7/3/2018 at 2:38 PM, GEP said: Speaking of hands, has anyone else here ever had to be fingerprinted? I had to give fingerprints when I was hired to teach at a community center. The person doing it had a terrible time getting prints from my worn down fingertips. I have a potter friend who has a high security job. Her company is trying to install electronic fingerprint readers in their office, and she’s having a tough time using them. Just think of the crimes we potters could get away with. I just had to get fingerprinted and they had a tough time getting prints! I’ve been fingerprinted before and that never happened. I’ve been throwing a lot more this year! nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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