22nd December 2022
If you’re looking for something to do this holiday, why not try pottery-making?
We live in a digital world and pottery is the perfect antidote. Potters describe the experience of pottery-making as grounding and soothing. It offers people a chance to slow down and focus on an activity other than checking emails or social media.
We’ve even seen social media videos trend on pottery-making. Millennials find these videos hypnotic and calming. Where before we may have expected the audience to be an older generation, we’re now seeing a new younger audience with equal gender balance.
Here are four more major health benefits of the art of pottery:
- Creativity: There are physical and mental benefits to expressing yourself through creation. Pottery allows you to create something and express yourself in some way.
- Improves focus: Being able to fully concentrate on something allows the mind to relax and expand, which aids in concentration in other areas of life.
- Stress reduction: Our hands are a creative outlet, and the sense of touch is extremely important. Because making pottery requires a lot of concentration, outside distractions are reduced and no longer stress you out. Hands, wrists, and arms are worked out. The process is a gentle yet strengthening movement for the hands, wrists, and arms. This can benefit those prone to hand arthritis because it promotes joint movement and dexterity.
- Increased optimistic outlook: Pottery improves flow and spontaneity, it serves as an outlet for emotions, and aids in self-identification and self-expression, boosting confidence and self-esteem.
Grant Pratt at Bluematchbox Potters is offering some wonderful rewards. Don’t miss out on investing during their expansion.
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