There they can carve stone using chisels and rasps or work outdoors with pneumatic power tools to hasten the process. Off the main studio is a mini-wood shop with a drill press, a band saw, miter saw and a stationary belt sander, which all art students are invited to use to build stretchers or for framing two dimensional work. In addition to the stationary tools, students have access to a large tool cabinet with several dozen small power tools and hand tools, which include grinders, planers, jig saws, power carving tools, and the likes. The welding area is on the street level in a garage space. Available to all sculpture students is a gas welder, an arc welder and a wire feed Mig welder.
Students can weld either new metal or metal found and collected from a nearby scrap yard.
271 Sculpture I Problems dealing with concepts in 3-D space and form, and the introduction to the use of basic tools and techniques with wood, stone, metal and mixed media. Offered fall and spring semesters. Offered fall and spring semesters. I Individually arranged exploration and development of specific sculptural directions. A more intense involvement in the visual and philosophical implications of a body of work is emphasized.