Investigations of scale the language of detail, form and surface are central to this lab. Small Scale Metal Construction and Casting is offered at all undergraduate levels each semester. Included are such techniques as soldering, forming, coloring, and various finishing processes. Level III concentrates on lostwax casting in bronze and silver. Lectures and demonstrations on brazing may also be offered.
Emphasis is on form generation as it relates to intimate scale.
The Ceramics lab is equipped with large gas kilns, electric, saggar, raku and soda kilns, as well as access to an anagamma kiln located off campus. Clay and slip mixers ,slab roller and wheels encourage the student to explore all aspects the ceramic discipline from vessels through sculpture. Traditional disciplines can be experienced first hand through the Pueblo Pottery or Casas Grandes workshops as well as experimental non traditional investigations of clay in the advanced classes. These three labs constitute an area where students are encourage to mix and match disciplines, technologies and ideologies in an exploration of spatial and material communication.