Facilities
Ceramics Laboratory
108 Talbot Hall
The Division of Art’s ceramics laboratory is a progressive facility, housing both wheel throwing and handbuilding work stations.
The studio and the equipment are competitive with that of graduate-level art programs.
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The ceramics laboratory is divided into several areas:
- the main teaching and working studio comprised of pottery wheels and tables for handbuilding,
- work space for graduating seniors,
- a glaze mixing room,
- an electric kiln room,
- a glazing area,
- a recently constructed 1520-square-foot kiln pad enclosure and
- a separate 1200-square-foot clay mixing and clay storage building.
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The ceramic laboratory includes:
- 11-cubic-foot, top-loading cross draft sodium vapor kiln
- 32-cubic-foot, front-loading cross draft sodium vapor kiln
- 32-cubic-foot, alpine front-loading updraft gas reduction kiln
- 45-cubic-foot, front-loading down draft gas reduction kiln
- 54-cubic-foot, shuttle car natural downdraft gas reduction kiln with automatic damper and microprocessor
- Top-loading gas raku kiln
- Front-loading gas raku kiln
- Pit fire kiln
- 2 7-cubic-foot, top-loading electric kilns
- 4.7-cubic-foot, top-loading electric kiln
- Top-loading oval electric kiln
- Top-loading electric test kiln
- Norstar extruder
- 9 Brent electric pottery wheels
- 6 Brent kick wheels
- 2 36” Brent Slab rollers
- Spray booth
- Bluebird pugmill
- 2 Soldner clay mixers
- Glaze and clay scales
- Ball mill machine
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