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Talented Lanarkshire teacher is just potty about pottery
dailyrecord.co.ukA Lanarkshire school teacher has learned to unwind through the therapeutic art form of pottery – a mindfulness practice that helps him to give his all to his day job.Whitney Choi, who teaches chemistry at Taylor High School in New Stevenston, Motherwell, has immersed himself in a number of solitary hobbies from a young age, including origami – the Japanese art of folding paper, which he took up as a toddler at nursery.Having also developed a passion for sewing, knitting and photography, Whitney in the summer of 2021 signed up for the first of two five-week courses at The Craft Pottery Studio in Glasgow city centre.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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