The sculpture facility boasts spacious indoor/outdoor studios, a well-equipped wood and metal shop with full-time technical support, a foundry for aluminum and bronze casting, and welding stations for oxy-acetylene, arc, and MIG welding. Steel and welding equipment are provided for each class. The studios are accessible 24 hours, and access to tools outside of class can be arranged.
Location: Watt Hall 108
Hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Size: approximately 2722 square feet inside, 3760 square feet outside (including storage).
What's in the Sculpture Studio?
- Plaster and metal facilities including wire feed welder, plasma cutters capable of cutting 3/4" mild steel, thermodynamics.
- Metal and bronze casting including portable casting foundry dedicated to "lost wax" bronze casting.
- Moldmaking
- Shared woodshop
- Tool crib open 9 am - 9 pm Monday to Friday, for checkout of hand and power tools.
Other highlights
- Faculty member available for students, articulating large scale or special need projects.
- Individual lockers
- 200 square foot mini-Mac and PC lab (secured, and with internet access) equipped with a Canon GL1 Digital Camera and Epson Powerlite projector to complimenting a 7 foot projector screen (available in class room)
- 325 square foot project space assigned for student installation and critiques. The project room is equipped with a Sony CMT-M70 audio CD system and Web Camera to fully support time-based media projects.