Facilities

The Art School at Old Church maintains four studios with professional-grade equipment. Our studios have excellent lighting and are well ventilated and climate-controlled. One of the studios is a dedicated ceramics studio.

The following is a list of major equipment and tools that are supplied by the school:

Painting & Sculpture:
Easels
Tabourets
Tables
Well-stocked prop closet

Jewelry:
Soldering equipment
2 rolling mills (sheet and square wire)
Polishing motor
Flexible shaft motors
Sandblaster
Hydraulic press
Hand tools (hammers, pliers, files, saw frames, dapping dies)

A small selection of findings, solder and tools is available for sale through the school.

Flameworking:
10 flameworking torch stations
Chile pepper kiln
Molds
Varied supply of Moretti (Effetre) glass
Spectacles
Hand tools (shaping tools, glass cutting scissors, mashers, tweezers, graphite paddles)

Printmaking:
Charles Brand etching press with 26" x 60" bed
Large and small rollers for relief printing
Ultraviolet light box for creating solar plates
Well-stocked supply of inks for intaglio and relief printing

Ceramics:
8 electric wheels
7 kick wheels
4 electric kilns
3 gas-fired kilns
Geil shuttle kiln (54 cubic ft.)
Brick kiln (24 cubic ft.)
Raku kiln
Ventilated glazing spray booth
Slab roller
Bailey wall-mounted clay extruder