8 rules to throw by

JUNE 1998

Eight rules to pot by (from the Tasmanian Potters Society, 1980):

1. Sit on buttocks - not on the end of your spine.

2. Relax. Tense muscles cause neck problems.

3. Consciously breathe in and out when pulling up cylinders.

4. Don't stay in the same position too long.

5. When centering clay, anchor elbows into body or against wheel, so that you are using your whole body weight instead of just the strength of your arms.

6. Keep neck and back in as straight a line as possible with the spine.

7. Bend forward from the hips. Continual forward thrusting of head strains muscles of the neck and head.

8. Use of a foot bar helps the back.

Courtesy COLLECTED WISDOM | 50 years of handy hints from the Ceramic Study Group, Australia