Facilities for textiles and fiber arts include surface design print room, dye lab with mixing station and drying room, dark room, spray room, batik room, papermaking studio, weaving studio, and textile media lab. Graduate students have their own studios and installation spaces.
Facilities details
Surface design print room with:
- 6 Padded screen print tables
- Design prep tables
Dye lab with:
- Stainless steel equipment
- Hooded dye mixing station
- Screen washout sink
- Professional steam cabinet
- Indigo dye area
- Silk screen prep space
- Large electric stovetop
- Drying room
Dark room
Well-ventilated spray room
Batik room
General classroom
Papermaking studio with:
- 2-lb capacity Hollander beater
- Mold-and-deckles of various sizes and shapes
- Hydraulic press
- Ventilated drying box
- 4’x8’ Vacuum table
- Large blunger
- Strainers, sieves, measuring tools, and blenders
- Assorted linters and additives available for purchase
Weaving studio with:
- 20 Floor looms
- Computerized dobby loom
- Expansive yarn storage area
Library with:
- 175+ Textile reference books
- Periodicals
- Slides
Separate graduate studios, installation space and critique areas
Textile media lab staffed by a full-time computer-design technician, with
- 11 Macintosh computers with large screen monitors
- Array of general design software
- Printers and scanners
- Pointcarré proprietary industry software for advanced textile design