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 sq ft each of private studio that they can configure to their needs.
The Ceramic Studio
All students have access to a well-equipped studio that includes:
- Over twenty five thousand dollars in raw material inventory
- Equipment consisting of over 30 potters wheels, 3 clay mixers (2 Soldners, 1 Bluebird), 2 slab rollers, a ballmill, sandblaster, 2 “Slip-O-Matics”, an extruder, 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, a mig welder, stick welder, oxy acetylene torch, brick saw among other tools.
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.
Indoor kiln facility includes:
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 (at over 6000 sq.ft) :
- 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
* New Kilns are designed and constructed every year
The Studio also has it’s own slide taking set –up that students can use to document their work.
Interdisciplinary Resources
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 Schools’ Woodshop after taking a woodshop safety certification.
Graduate Students have access to The Aesthetic Technologies Lab. A specialized interdisciplinary computer and new media lab directed at 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.