Karen Yuan on sat 6 mar 99
I have developed what I believe is an allergic response to something in my
studio. My eyes get irritated and a dry congested headache evolves whenever I
spend time in the studio. I do use venting devices and wear a HEPA respirator
when I mix glazes. With the studio in my home I do keep it pretty clean. I no
longer allow water to set in the mop bucket or damp recycled clay to sit out
breeding mildews. Our Colorado climate is quite dry and the studio is fairly
new & built on concrete flooring....no damp wood to harbor molds & mildews.
Any suggestions of things I should consider or examine?
Is there anything I could put in my glazes to kill mildew if it existed?
Are there some materials that are especially likely to be the culprits?
Your input is appreciated. Thanks Karen
millie carpenter on sun 7 mar 99
Karen
consider that it is not any of the clay stuff, but the studio itself.
you said that it is fairly new, a lot of the new building materials are
composits and have formaldehyde and other toxic things in them and they
leach(don't know if that is the right term for this) into the air. a
lot of people have chemical sensitivies of this nature. and the
congested headachey feeling is typical of this.
millie in Md. counting the days till I leave for NCECA!
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I have developed what I believe is an allergic response to something in my
> studio. My eyes get irritated and a dry congested headache evolves whenever I
> spend time in the studio. I do use venting devices and wear a HEPA respirator
> when I mix glazes. With the studio in my home I do keep it pretty clean. I no
> longer allow water to set in the mop bucket or damp recycled clay to sit out
> breeding mildews. Our Colorado climate is quite dry and the studio is fairly
> new & built on concrete flooring....no damp wood to harbor molds & mildews.
> Any suggestions of things I should consider or examine?
> Is there anything I could put in my glazes to kill mildew if it existed?
> Are there some materials that are especially likely to be the culprits?
> Your input is appreciated. Thanks Karen
Jim Cullen on mon 8 mar 99
Karen,
Are you acceptable of alternative medicine treatment?
If so, I would suggest you find yourself an N.A.E.T. practioner (go to their
website www.naet.com to find one). Explain what your problem is and they
should be able to give you some help. If you are allergic to things in your
pottery (and I can guarantee that you are) the N.A.E.T. treatments should be
able to CURE you of the allergy. It may take several treatments, they may even
be covered by your health insurance because you need to rid your system of
basic allergies before treating for the pottery allergens. You'll probably
discover several other things that you are allergic to and haven't even
considered treatment for. I'm allergic to television and I've been a film and
video director for 30 years. Go figure.
Good Luck
KEEP CENTERED
CULLEN
Naperville, IL
Louis Katz on mon 8 mar 99
Hi Karen,
Here are some things that might be the problem, or lead you to it but they are
just wild guesses.
Particle board or masonite that gets wet during throwing or cleaning.
Is your studio too dry?
Do you turn on a vent when you are in the studio, and if you do is your furnace
backdrafting fumes into the studio?
Does your studio have a separate heater and is it functioning properly and
properly vented.
Are your kilns in you r studio and are they vented.
Is there some other practice that you do in conjunction with working in the
studio that could be confusing the problem?
Do you develop contact dermatitus from your clay?
Good luck,
Louis
Karen Yuan wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I have developed what I believe is an allergic response to something in my
> studio. My eyes get irritated and a dry congested headache
Louis Katz
lkatz@falcon.tamucc.edu
NCECA Director At Large
Texas A&M-CC Division of Visual and Performing Arts
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