depARTment of art FACILITIES

art history ceramics drawing graphic/web design painting

photography/imaging arts printmaking sculpture visual resource center woodshop

SCULPTURE

The sculpture area is housed in the basement of Meek Hall. It consists of two classrooms, a workroom, foundry, woodshop, and a large shared graduate studio.

Equipment:The foundry is equipped with a McEngelvan melt furnace with a 195-pound bronze capacity with a burn-out kiln and an overhead hoist. A thirty inch, 1/3 HP portable Dayton fan assists with air circulation when the foundry is in operation. Welding is facilitated by two electric arc welders, an older Craftsman 295 amp AC model and a newer Lincoln-Electric 225 amp AC-DC model, as well as an America Forge and Foundry Power MIG 160 wire-feed welder. A 14-inch Ryobi chop saw is used to cut thin stock while thicker steel can be cut using any two of four oxygen-acetylene gas welding units (two are kept operational at any given time while the other two serve as backup when increased demand and/or repairs require their use). A homemade forge and bending wheel allow for the shaping of forms. A Speediare, 2 stage, 5 HP air compressor and a network of airlines make possible the use of numerous pneumatic tools: two drills (1/2 inch and 3/8 inch), die grinders, an angle grinder, and cut-off tools. This also powers two sand-blast units - one Trinco Cry Blast stationary enclosed unit, and a portable San-Blast unit of approximately five gallons. Various other hand and electric tools are housed in the tool room and include such items as hammers, cold chisels, screw drivers, as well as several 4.5 inch grinders, a 7 inch grinder, and a reciprocating saw.