OHIO: School of Art

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Facilities

Seigfred Hall, the art building at Ohio University, dedicates its entire first floor to the three dimensional arts of ceramics and sculpture. The ceramic studio occupies over 7500 square feet. Ceramic undergraduate majors receive their own workspaces to work towards their exhibitions. Graduate students have approximately 300 sqare feet each of private studio which they can configure to their needs. Click here to see the cereamic studio.

The Ceramic program at Ohio University has arguably one of the best outdoor kiln yards of any program. Kiln building classes are offered at undergraduate level at least every other year.
Click here to see the kiln yard.

All students have access to a well-equipped studio that includes:

Twenty five thousand dollars in raw material inventory
Equipment consisting of over 30 potters wheels, 3 clay mixers (2 Soldners, 1 new Bluebird), 2 slab rollers, a ballmill, sandblaster, 2 “Slipomatics,” a glaze spraying booth, and a well-stocked, ventilated glaze room and clay mixing area.
We also have a tool room consisting of various hand tools, including: a mig welder, a stick welder, oxy acetylene torch, and a brick saw, amother others.

Indoor Kiln Facility:
In Fall 2005 we replaced both large indoor gas kilns with new state-of-the-art Bailey Kilns.

40 cu. ft. computerized gas car kiln
54 cu. ft. computerized gas car kiln
6 electric, standard and computerized

Outdoor Kiln Pad (over 6000 sq. ft): Click here to see Floorplan

64 cubic foot high alumina hard brick salt kiln with forced air pre-mix gas burner system and natural draft venturi pilot burners
52 cubic foot hard brick crossdraft soda kiln with forced air pre-mix gas burner system and natural draft venturi pilot burners
48 cubic foot hard brick reduction kiln with forced air burner system and natural draft venturi pilot burners
48 cubic foot soft brick kiln with 2 natural draft venturi burners and natural draft venturi pilot burners
340 cubic foot soft brick sculpture kiln with 8 natural draft venturi burners and natural draft venturi pilot burners
35 cubic foot hard brick salt kiln & optional wood firing chamber with force air burners and natural draft venturi pilot burners
50 cubic foot fiber gas kiln with forced air gas burners
36 cubic foot fiber gas kiln with forced air gas burners
3.5 cubic foot fiber gas kiln with forced air gas burners
17 cubic foot commercial fiber gas kiln with forced air gas burners (waiting to be installed)
18 cubic foot commercial fiber gas kiln with natural draft gas burners (waiting to be installed)
85 cubic foot catenary arch style wood/soda kiln
52 cubic foot coffin style wood kiln
200 cubic foot “train” style wood kiln
19 cubic foot updraft wood kiln
70 cubic foot bourry box two chamber wood/salt kiln
120 cubic foot catenary arch style wood kiln
6 cubic foot hard brick soda test kiln with forced air burner and natural draft venturi pilot burner
32 cubic foot hard brick soda kiln with natural draft venturi burners and natural draft venturi pilot burners*130 cubic foot catenary style arch wood kiln
45 cubic foot soft brick kiln with force air gas burners and natural draft pilot burners
7.8 cubic foot raku kiln with natural draft venturi burner and pilot system
2 manual electric kilns
small portable metal casting foundry

The School of Art itself is committed to advancing students’ work in whichever direction it takes them. To that end, all students have full use of the School's Woodshop after attaining a woodshop safety certificate.

Graduate students also have access to The Aesthetic Technology Lab, a specialized interdisciplinary computer and new media lab directed by Graduate and Faculty research, and located in Putnam Hall, within the School of Dance.

Library Holdings
Alden Library has a huge collection of Ceramic Books as well as magazines, such as Ceramics Monthly, Ceramic Art and Perception, Ceramics Technical, Ceramic Review, American Crafts, etc. This is in addition to the art collection as a whole, which is well-stocked with contemporary as well as historical materials. Through the Visual Resources Library, there is easy access to image databases and slides for presentations and research.