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1. Keep your studio out of your home.
2. Casting Safety: a glimpse
3. Safety - Your own procedure evaluation
4. Studio Safety Evaluation
5. Chemical Inventory and Profiles
6. Some hints on Pinback Placement
7. Considerations in Photographing Various Media
8. How you move, sit and stand: Ergonomics

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1.	Keep your studio out of your home.

    Often craftspeople start out making craft objects in their living
    space, a kitchen, a living room, and sometimes continue working in
    them even when they have grown to the point that they need a
    separate studio. It is not wise to ...

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2.	Casting Safety: a glimpse

    An  introduction to safety issues when casting in a small shop. It
    cannot hope to address the whole gamut of problems but can serve to
    introduce some important principles.  

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3. Safety - Your own procedure evaluation.

    When looking at your shop and workspace and considering safety
    issues it is important to evaluate the procedures you use in terms
    of safety. 

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4. Studio Safety Evaluation

    Just as a professional would do, it may be a good idea to conduct a
    walk-through of your shop. The kind of things you would look for and
    comment on include... 

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5. Chemical Inventory and Profiles

    If you know what the chemicals are that you use and what their
    dangers are you will be less likely to hurt yourself with them. In
    your 'Right to Know' binder you should have a ... 

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6. Some hints on Pinback Placement

    It is customary to place the joint at the right of the back of the
    pin and the catch on the left for right handed users who=85 

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7. Considerations in Photographing Various Media

    Three - dimensional objects will be well served by the methods
    described before, such as overhead diffuse lighting, fill card and
    mirror use. For flat things 

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8. How you move, sit and stand: Ergonomics

    Sore back? Achy wrists? How's that neck? Do you have to twist and
    reach for tools? Do you have hemorrhoids? Sore eyes? Craftperson's
    hunch? Your body is talking to you and you should be listening. 
    Many craftspeople have posture and body position problems... 

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Hanuman

Dr. E. Hanuman Aspler
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