Equipment + Facilities
Kiln Room
Two programmable automatic firing gas car kilns, remote computer monitoring; 57 and 88 cu ft
Downdraft gas brick kiln with natural draft burners, 20 cu ft
Downdraft gas brick kiln with forced air burners, 50 cu ft
Front-loading programmable automatic firing electric kiln, remote
computer monitoring, 24 cu ft
Portable gas kiln for Raku firing
Four electric test kilns

Raw Materials Lab
Two-station spray booth
30-gallon pneumatic blunger
Ball mill
Air filtration system
Double-station sink
Raw materials storage
Database computer station with printer
Glaze calculation program (Hyperglaze)

Clay Mixing + Grinding Room
Three large-capacity drum mixers
Muller grinding mixer
Pug mill/mixer with vacuum de-airing chamber
25-gallon electric slip mixer
30-ton high-speed pneumatic/hydraulic (RAM method) mold/die press
Air filtration system

Plaster Workroom
Stainless-surfaced work tables
Heated forced-air drying cabinet for plaster molds
Large-capacity pound scales
Jiggering wheel
Extruder system
Double-station sinks
Air filtration safety system

Classroom + Studio Facilities
Two multi-purpose studios for handbuilding and wheel techniques
30 electric wheels
Home studio space for juniors, seniors, and graduate students
36” slab roller
Double-station sinks