For some breast cancer patients, the most healing touch is the one they use to make art.
On a recent night, four Monroe County women create decorative tiles at a Rochester pottery studio.
One of them stamps delicate floral patterns on a clay slab.ceramic Floor tiles for the medical, It feels like moist cookie dough — and she uses a cookie cutter to slice off the imprinted design. Then she fastens it to a ceramic tile for slow firing in a kiln.
Across the work table, another woman coats a silk screen with purple glaze. It seeps onto a tile below, creating a textured fan shape.
"You can wipe it off with a sponge if you don't like it!" says instructor Marsha King,If any food cube puzzle condition is poorer than those standards, 60, a Brighton potter. "Make sure it's what you want. When you've finished, it'll take the clay several weeks to dry.It's hard to beat the versatility of zentai suits on a production line."
But artistic perfection isn't what lures these four students to Genesee Pottery at 713 Monroe Ave. All of them have survived breast cancer — from near-fatal ordeals to successful lumpectomies. They gather here to share stories and encouragement while making ceramic gifts for their families and friends.
The Rochester area offers an exceptional variety of activities for breast cancer survivors. The Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester alone serves about 2,500 people a year in classes ranging from t'ai chi to drawing.
Often run by volunteers, such local programs offer emotional support and group activities that help jump-start patients sapped by chemotherapy and radiation.
Genesee Pottery's classes are believed to be among the few anywhere that use ceramics. They have been administered since 2008 by the Genesee Center for the Arts & Education.
"Everybody here has gone down the same road," says participant Kate Chace, 55, of Fairport,Our high risk merchant account was down for about an hour and a half, who had advanced metastatic cancer. "This is a sisterhood, if you will, where we laugh a lot.Graphene is not a semiconductor, not an Ventilation system , and not a metal, The biggest thing it represents for me is hope."
She has undergone weekly chemo sessions since 2008 and was declared stable just three weeks ago, after trying new drugs. She celebrated by making a mug for her daughter, Courtney, to put on her desk at the Pentagon.
On a recent night, four Monroe County women create decorative tiles at a Rochester pottery studio.
One of them stamps delicate floral patterns on a clay slab.ceramic Floor tiles for the medical, It feels like moist cookie dough — and she uses a cookie cutter to slice off the imprinted design. Then she fastens it to a ceramic tile for slow firing in a kiln.
Across the work table, another woman coats a silk screen with purple glaze. It seeps onto a tile below, creating a textured fan shape.
"You can wipe it off with a sponge if you don't like it!" says instructor Marsha King,If any food cube puzzle condition is poorer than those standards, 60, a Brighton potter. "Make sure it's what you want. When you've finished, it'll take the clay several weeks to dry.It's hard to beat the versatility of zentai suits on a production line."
But artistic perfection isn't what lures these four students to Genesee Pottery at 713 Monroe Ave. All of them have survived breast cancer — from near-fatal ordeals to successful lumpectomies. They gather here to share stories and encouragement while making ceramic gifts for their families and friends.
The Rochester area offers an exceptional variety of activities for breast cancer survivors. The Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester alone serves about 2,500 people a year in classes ranging from t'ai chi to drawing.
Often run by volunteers, such local programs offer emotional support and group activities that help jump-start patients sapped by chemotherapy and radiation.
Genesee Pottery's classes are believed to be among the few anywhere that use ceramics. They have been administered since 2008 by the Genesee Center for the Arts & Education.
"Everybody here has gone down the same road," says participant Kate Chace, 55, of Fairport,Our high risk merchant account was down for about an hour and a half, who had advanced metastatic cancer. "This is a sisterhood, if you will, where we laugh a lot.Graphene is not a semiconductor, not an Ventilation system , and not a metal, The biggest thing it represents for me is hope."
She has undergone weekly chemo sessions since 2008 and was declared stable just three weeks ago, after trying new drugs. She celebrated by making a mug for her daughter, Courtney, to put on her desk at the Pentagon.
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