Individual conferencing and grading is done for work made, usually many times throughout its production. Glaze - Glazes that are used on the functional ceramics are made in the studio by the instructor and students. All of these glazes are lead free and are suitable for use on functional clay objects - cups, plates, bowls, pitchers, casseroles, serving dishes, etc. Other decorative glazes and underglazes, slips, overglazes, and stains are used as the aesthetic of the piece and the student dictate. Tools - various tools such as needle tools, wooden modeling tools, trimming tools, fettling knives, potters knives, scraffito tools, elephant ear sponges, rolling pins, canvases,ware boards,cutting tools, ribs, and brushes are essential to a basic ceramics program.
Aprons are also an essential article of clothing to provide.
Potter's wheels, slab roller, extruder, wedging boards are the basic equipment of a ceramics studio. Various storage buckets for glaze materials and clay storage are also necessary. Kilns, kiln shelves, stilts, star stilts, pyrometric cones, heat resistant gloves, kiln wash, and kiln tongs are essential for firing and rendering permanent work made. Reading Material Books - There are approximately 45 titles ranging from texts, surveys and instructional to monographs of clay artists available in the studio area. Magazines - Extensive collection of Ceramics Monthly as well as Studio Potter, American Ceramics, American Craft, Pottery Quarterly, Ceramic Review, Scholastic Art.