Sculpture courses expose students to a diverse range of tools and processes that service artistic expression in three and four dimensions. These include metal, wood, clay, plaster, found materials or objects, 3D printing and other computer numerical control (CNC) processes for digital fabrication techniques. Students are encouraged to explore materials independently and in combination with each other. This variety of tools and processes are generated in tandem with the range of meanings important to the student in the creation of art as visual communication tool through performance, unique objects, or in installations.
Courses taught in the Sculpture Area include:
ART 1200 Foundation Sculpture, ART 3300 Multi-Media: Assemblages and Construction, ART 3320 Carving, ART 3330 Metal Casting, ART 3340 Figure Sculpture, ART 3350 Ceramic Sculpture, ART 3360 Construction Sculpture, ART 3370 Sculpture in Context, ART 3380 Public Sculpture, ART 3615 Consumer Objects: Mold Making and Casting Art, ART 3714 3-D Digital Modeling and Rendering, ART 3830 Visual Art and Ecology, ART 4970 New Genre Art
Facilities
The Sculpture studios include the Main Studio, the Tool Room, the Foundry & Metal Working Room, and the Sculpture Yard. These areas accommodate many processes including plasterwork, silicone mold making, woodworking, metal fabrication, metal casting, ceramics, stone/wood carving, and digital manufacturing.
Metal Fabrication:
- Welding: Mig, Tig, Arc
- Horizontal Bandsaw
- Vertical Bandsaw
- Plasma Cutter
- Drill Press
- Oxy/Acetylene Torches
- CNC Plasma Cutter
- Hand Tools
Metal Casting:
- Lost Wax Investment for Bronze & Aluminum
Woodworking:
- Table Saw
- Miter Saw
- Bandsaw
- Drill Press
- Planer
- Spindle Sander
- Disk & Belt Sander
- CNC Router
- Hand Tools
Carving: (Stone/Wood)
- Pneumatic Chisels
- Pneumatic Die Grinders
- Dremels
- Hand Tools
Digital Manufacturing/Fab Lab:
- Computers with 3D Modeling & Computer-Aided Design Software
- 3D Printing
- Laser Cutting
- CNC Router (Wood)
- CNC Plasma Cutter
- 3D Scanning & Photogrammetry
- Soldering
Ceramics:
- Hand Building
- Low Fire Glazes
- Electric Kilns
Faculty
Daniel Edwards, Associate Professor
Jake Weigel, Associate Professor
Ellen Roehne, Full-Time Lecturer
Christina Teruel, Lecturer
Staff
Kyle Rambatt, Equipment Technician
Updated: July 06, 2023