Anita M. Swan on fri 29 mar 02
Is there any way to take your cat with you when you go to the other studio? You'll be surprised how much you will miss him!! My cat was very polite - she never broke anything or left foot prints where I didn't want them, but she loved to drink that throwing water. Now my studio is in another building and I get lonely! 'Nita
vince pitelka on sat 30 mar 02
I have known many studio cats who lived very long happy lives. I do not
think there is anything to worry about here. When I was making pots full
time in Northern California my studio cats were very important in my ongoing
studio equilibrium.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
Jennifer F Boyer on sat 30 mar 02
I miss my kitties (allergies made me switch to Pug Dogs) and
have fond (sometimes!) studio cat memories. Check out the pics
below and notice that the middle one has TWO cats, BAD cats,
cute cats:
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/cats.html
They liked trimmed work as well as raw glazed. Discerning cats....
Luckily they were kittens and outgrew their little cozy
places.....
"Anita M. Swan" wrote:
>
> Is there any way to take your cat with you when you go to the other studio? You'll be surprised how much you will miss him!! My cat was very polite - she never broke anything or left foot prints where I didn't want them, but she loved to drink that throwing water. Now my studio is in another building and I get lonely! 'Nita
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at melpots@pclink.com.
--
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
Thistle Hill Pottery
95 Powder Horn Glen Rd
Montpelier, VT 05602 USA
802-223-8926
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/
Never pass on an email warning without checking out this site
for web hoaxes and junk:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Lesley Alexander on sat 30 mar 02
Cats are wonderful, but what of their health hanging around the
studio? Breathing in dust including silica and talc? Remember that
studio dog that was cremated and all that was left was a mold of his
silicated lungs. Also, cats lick their fur and feet. What if they are
licking cobalt and chrome etc? I have two cats, and they are not allowed
in my studio, no matter how eagerly curious they are... Lesley
Jennifer F Boyer on sun 31 mar 02
My good old Nudgey cat spent her whole life in the studio
drinking any top water she could find, and died in her sleep at
age 20. Soot (died of old age at 15) used to like jumping onto
my shoulder while I was throwing..that'll put GESTURE in your
pot every time!
Jennifer
vince pitelka wrote:
>
> I have known many studio cats who lived very long happy lives. I do not
> think there is anything to worry about here. When I was making pots full
> time in Northern California my studio cats were very important in my ongoing
> studio equilibrium.
> Best wishes -
> - Vince
>
> Vince Pitelka
> Appalachian Center for Crafts
> Tennessee Technological University
> 1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
> Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
> 615/597-5376
> Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
> 615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
> http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at melpots@pclink.com.
--
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
Thistle Hill Pottery
95 Powder Horn Glen Rd
Montpelier, VT 05602 USA
802-223-8926
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/
Never pass on an email warning without checking out this site
for web hoaxes and junk:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Snail Scott on sun 31 mar 02
At 08:47 AM 3/30/02 -0800, you wrote:
> Cats are wonderful, but what of their health hanging around the
>studio? Breathing in dust including silica and talc?
They roll in the dirt outside. How much worse can studio
clay be? (Just keep the glaze-mixing area cleaned up.)
Besides, how many years does it take to develop silicosis
bad enough to impair quality of life? More than a cat's
lifespan, I'd guess.
-Snail
Andi Fasimpaur on mon 1 apr 02
At 06:48 PM 3/31/02 -0800, you wrote:
>They roll in the dirt outside. How much worse can studio
>clay be? (Just keep the glaze-mixing area cleaned up.)
>Besides, how many years does it take to develop silicosis
>bad enough to impair quality of life? More than a cat's
>lifespan, I'd guess.
Ask your vet... Cats, dogs, and other animals have different
rates of respiration, like infants, they breath more rapidly
and more deeply... I will never forget the look of pain and
sorrow on my vet's face the day he put an 8 month old
puppy to sleep because of lung cancer... The puppy was
much loved but lived in a house where 2 people smoked
more than 2 packs of cigarettes a day... Our cat was in
intensive care, renal failure, and we were visiting him (spent
an hour there visiting and playing every day while he was
there) we would probably never have had the opportunity
to see and hear the vet's reaction otherwise...
It might not be a problem, but we cannot base our estimates
of how long a given environment will take to effect our pets
on how long that environment might take to effect us... we're
just too different.
| |
|
