Metals Studio

The studio is one of the largest most comprehensive for traditional metal work in the country. The studio program is anchored with the studio’s faculty and Artist in Residence. This arrangement offers unprecedented access to an informal way of study. Between the faculty and resident artist, an average of about 80 hours a week are logged into the studio. While traditional classes are offered the faculty and artist in resident are working in the studio along side of the students. They can help with technical and aesthetic advise out side of class time.

The studio is broken up into into specialized rooms. There is the main bench room with 24 traditional jewelry benches, with flex shafts at each bench space. A variety of torches, casting and enameling equipment, hydraulic press, drill presses, milling machine, scrolesaw, and a variety of hand tools.

A buffing room with two dedicated jewelry buffing machines, two larger buffing machines for polishing steel and hollowware, a grinder, split lap machine, stone working equipment, and three tumblers.

A chemical room, primarily used for acid etching, but it has also been used for electro forming, and aluminum anodizing. This specialized equipment is set up according to student interest.

A raising room with over 200 stakes and hammers, two heavy duty sanders, a sandblaster, two anvils, circle shear, step shear, spinning lathe, power rolling mill, large annealing torch, a draw bench, Beverly shear, a water cooled sander, and a power hammer for forging non ferrous metal.

A fully equipped blacksmithing shop with 6 coal forges, 3 gas forges, 7 anvils, 100 pound air hammer and a 50 pound little giant trip hammer, 2 belt sanders, 2 steel cutting band saws, a mig welder, an arch and tig welder, Large layout table, a 50 ton hydraulic press, plasma cutter, drill press, a heavy duty grinder, a large selection of hand tools, treadle hammer, and a covered outdoor work area with 2 coal forges and anvils and a treadle hammer.