Textiles & Fiber Arts Facilities

Facilities for textiles currently includes, papermaking studio, weaving studio, and textile media lab. Graduate students have their own studios and installation spaces.

Facilities details

General classroom

Papermaking studio with:

2-lb capacity Hydra Hollander beater
Mould and deckles of various sizes
One professional wove mould and deckle
Sugetas
Aardvark 12-ton hydraulic press with 16 x 23 inch platen
Papermaking vats
Wooden press boards
Felts/pellons
Restraint stack dryer
Electric burner hot plate
Non-reactive cookware
4’x8’ Vacuum table
Wet vacuum
Wiz Mixer
Pulp sprayer and air compressor
Strainers, sieves, measuring tools, and blenders

Weaving studio with:

12 Floor looms
Computerized dobby loom

Library with:

175+ Textile reference books
Periodicals
Slides

Separate graduate studios, installation space and critique areas

Media lab

8 Macintosh computers with large screen monitors
Array of general design software
Printers and scanners