Abro on wed 30 dec 98
hi. can't type very well today, but need to ask for some advice. has
anyone ever tried to throw with a cast on their left arm? i went ice
skating on sunday, wiped out while trying a fancy move. first time skating
in almost 8 years. probably be 8 more years before i try it again! anyway,
i have a couple of orders in process--eek. the doctor said i could try
throwing with the cast covered with a rubber glove when moving my fingers
doesn't cause great pain anymore. so any suggestions out there? you all
are an amazing resource! tia
karin in md
igot a real cool purple cast!
the Gallaghers on thu 31 dec 98
Just get the thin surgical gloves for the most mobility, and wrap the cast
in seran wrap before putting on the glove. It should work, you just won't
be able to feel the clay.
-----Original Message-----
From: Abro
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 6:34 AM
Subject: throwing in a cast
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
hi. can't type very well today, but need to ask for some advice. has
anyone ever tried to throw with a cast on their left arm? i went ice
skating on sunday, wiped out while trying a fancy move. first time skating
in almost 8 years. probably be 8 more years before i try it again! anyway,
i have a couple of orders in process--eek. the doctor said i could try
throwing with the cast covered with a rubber glove when moving my fingers
doesn't cause great pain anymore. so any suggestions out there? you all
are an amazing resource! tia
karin in md
igot a real cool purple cast!
Earl Brunner on thu 31 dec 98
I don't know how badly you broke it, but that will determine what you will be
able to do. Did they put one of those plastic type castes on it. You can throw
with one hand and an opposing "anything" just about, with a little practice.
Remembering my broken arm experience I would think that it will be awhile before
you could use the fingers without a lot of pain. You might be able to use the
caste though..... If they could imbed or if you could attach a throwing stick
type of attachment on the end of the caste, like a Kemper TS1 or 2 or make your
own, then it would be using the caste as the tool not your hand. I have a
friend that teaches high school ceramics and he will demonstrate for his
students throwing one handed. One with each hand on two different wheels
simultaneously. When he is really feeling obnoxious he will do it with three
wheels at once, one for each hand and one for his feet. Three pots at once. I
have one of his foot bowls from NCECA in Las Vegas from two years ago, It's not
a bad bowl. There is a limit to size with one handed throwing, but it can be
done. Good Luck
Earl Brunner
Abro wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> hi. can't type very well today, but need to ask for some advice. has
> anyone ever tried to throw with a cast on their left arm? i went ice
> skating on sunday, wiped out while trying a fancy move. first time skating
> in almost 8 years. probably be 8 more years before i try it again! anyway,
> i have a couple of orders in process--eek. the doctor said i could try
> throwing with the cast covered with a rubber glove when moving my fingers
> doesn't cause great pain anymore. so any suggestions out there? you all
> are an amazing resource! tia
>
> karin in md
>
> igot a real cool purple cast!
gwalker on fri 1 jan 99
Been there, done that, bought a t-shirt ... etc. I feel for you, Karin!
One month before the planned opening of our new pottery and gallery in
1973, I fell off a 44 gallon drum right onto my left elbow, breaking it
in five places. GREAT TIMING!
Of course there were still dozens of firings to do, and lots of
building. The worst thing was that I had to wait three days for my arm
to be put into plaster for one reason or another. (The hospital sent me
away with TWO pills to kill the pain!) By this time, it had started to
set in the wrong place, and had to be re-broken. OUCH!
My cast covered everything from the base of my fingers to my armpit,
meaning that when I put my hand inside a pot, my fingers were pointing
in the wrong direction! Very unsatisfactory, to say the least! So I cut
the bit of plaster that wrapped around my thumb, allowing my arm to
revolve almost enough to throw. This was NOT a good idea, as the
slightest twist of my arm inside that restricting pest of a thing caused
me to faint!
Within a couple of days, though, I could do a limited amount of
throwing, and before the week was out I cut the whole bloody thing off!
MORE FAINTING! LOL! Should have done that whilst lying down. Silly,
battered me!
7 days and I was throwing well again even though it was a bit painful.
Now, 25 or so years later, I have no problems with it ... the car
accident I had 7 years later in which my RIGHT hand was squashed causing
me the greater long-term worry. My writing is terrible, but I am
grateful I can still make pots and TYPE these silly notes to my clay
mates.
I wouldn't recommend the above treatment, but want to wish you all the
best with your treatment, and hope that you are back in clay really
soon.
Hugs of sympathy,
Geoff.
http://www.cronulla-pot.com.au
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