Ceramics Studio

Ceramics has a fully-equipped studio within the Fine Arts Center, with equipment for throwing and hand-building. The kiln yard includes soda, salt, and wood kilns constructed by students. The Glaze Lab is fully stocked with a complete inventory of raw materials.

Studio Equipment

• 6 Soldner kick wheels
• 2 Lockerbie kick wheels
• 1 Klopfenstein treadle wheel
• 10 Brent electric wheels
• Bailey extruder
• Bailey electric slab roller
• Soldner clay mixer
• Fluke pyrometer
• Chain saws, angle grinders, stick welder, rolling carts, scales, drill, etc.
• Students also have access to the School of Arts well-equipped woodshop.

Kilns

• 18-cubic-foot Bailey downdraft kiln
• 90-cubic-foot downdraft gas kiln
• 5 Top-loading electric kilns
• 1 Fredrickson front-loading electric kiln
• 175-cubic-foot downdraft salt kiln
• 12-foot-long anagama-type wood kiln
• 85-cubic-foot crossdraft soda kiln
• 21-cubic-foot downdraft soda kiln
• The selection of atmospheric kilns (salt, soda, and anagama) affords students a special experience that can be found in very few Universities nationwide.
   

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