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The program in ceramics offers students a full range of courses dealing
with all the aspects of the medium. The ceramic area is a large, fully-equipped
facility with a complete inventory of clay and glaze materials. The
work spaces total 7,700 square feet with graduate studio space available.
Provided are clay mixing equipment, fourteen kick and electric potter's
wheels, slab roller, ball mills, blunger for slip mixing, frit furnaces,
five gas downdraft and updraft kilns ranging from twenty cubic feet
to one hundred and eighty cubic feet, raku kiln, four electric kilns
and materials for experimental kiln construction. A full stock of
raw glaze materials is available for both low and high-fire work.
Plaster is also on hand for mold- making and casting. Personal instruction
is given in all forming techniques, glaze calculations and kiln-firings.
Students are encouraged to experiment with the medium and to explore
new processes. Considerable emphasis is placed on the student's development
of individual concepts and forms.
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