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Five Steps For Digital Fabrication And Foundry

2020-08-31T18:52:28-07:00

Using a 3D printer for fabrication has become increasingly popular and allows artists and makers to create complex and intricate shapes that would be difficult to create by hand. We’re about to wrap on our latest eight-week session of Digital Fabrication and Foundry. During class, students learned to build 3D models and print multiple test pieces before committing to their final design, which they cast into metal in our Foundry last week. Wondering how they do it? Get inspired by this 5-step how-to!

Five Steps For Digital Fabrication And Foundry2020-08-31T18:52:28-07:00

You Will Be Slip Casting Ceramics With These 5 Easy Steps

2022-07-14T17:57:48-07:00

Making perfectly identical ceramics by hand can be a challenge. But with a plaster mold, ceramicists can make endless duplicates of their work. Slip casting is often used for production pottery or replicating highly detailed pieces, but that doesn't mean it's not for the novice potter or sculptor. Slip casting is a great way to get more familiar with the properties of clay and build on existing ceramic experience.

You Will Be Slip Casting Ceramics With These 5 Easy Steps2022-07-14T17:57:48-07:00

7 Tips That Will Make Your Team Build A Hit

2019-11-25T13:35:33-08:00

Holding an offsite for your company is a fast and fun way to encourage creative problem solving, boost employee morale, improve communication, and promote collaboration. There are a lot of different things you can do with your team—check out our seven tips for your successful team build.

7 Tips That Will Make Your Team Build A Hit2019-11-25T13:35:33-08:00

The Crucible and Adam Savage Forge The Best Excalibur

2021-02-01T14:58:39-08:00

Last Thursday, Forging Excalibur premiered on Discovery Channel, where Adam Savage and Bladesmithing instructor Jeff Pringle forge King Arthur's sword Excalibur from a meteorite in The Crucible's smithy!

The Crucible and Adam Savage Forge The Best Excalibur2021-02-01T14:58:39-08:00

How To Cast Jewelry In 7 Steps

2021-06-30T08:49:37-07:00

The possibilities of what you can create with wax, fire, and molten metal are endless. Casting jewelry and sculptures from wax makes it easy to capture fine details in your piece, the process is cost and time effective, and it gives you the ability to make multiples of the same piece.

How To Cast Jewelry In 7 Steps2021-06-30T08:49:37-07:00

How One Devoted Volunteer Gives Back to Donors

2020-08-31T18:44:45-07:00

Every year, volunteers in our Foundry Department donate their time to make the donor plaques. In the spirit of Giving Tuesday, we met up with Irina to see how she makes the plaques, from pouring each individual letter in wax to casting the whole plaque in bronze.

How One Devoted Volunteer Gives Back to Donors2020-08-31T18:44:45-07:00

How to Smelt Iron: The 6 Steps to Iron Smelting | The Crucible

2020-12-03T12:06:24-08:00

Last weekend, our community came together to smelt twenty-five pounds of iron in a bloomery furnace that they built together at The Crucible. Every aspect of the smelt was a team effort, from collecting magnetite sand from a local beach to building the bloomery furnace.

How to Smelt Iron: The 6 Steps to Iron Smelting | The Crucible2020-12-03T12:06:24-08:00

Breaking Down The Butt Solder In The Jewelry Department

2019-06-18T10:48:48-07:00

In order to make a ring from a sheet of silver, you have to learn to solder a butt joint. Watch Jewelry Department co-head Rikki Smeltzer demonstrates how to do it properly!

Breaking Down The Butt Solder In The Jewelry Department2019-06-18T10:48:48-07:00

20 Shades of Grey: Paint in the Third Dimension

2019-06-21T16:54:11-07:00

What does The Crucible have that most other art schools in America do not? There are countless things that come to mind, but one that stands out is Grisaille Enameling - a unique continuing level class that teaches painting with enamels and is not often taught in America.

20 Shades of Grey: Paint in the Third Dimension2019-06-21T16:54:11-07:00

How To Make Mornings Special With A Unique Hand-Built Pour Over

2019-08-14T13:46:05-07:00

How do you like your coffee? How about in a ceramic mug and pour over set that you hand-built yourself? In this step-by-step, you will learn how to make your own! Sign up for Ceramics I, offered evenings throughout the year, to make your mornings a little more special.

How To Make Mornings Special With A Unique Hand-Built Pour Over2019-08-14T13:46:05-07:00