The Ceramics Studios are designed for students, academics and external craftspeople to explore, create, and innovate in a space tailored to their needs. 

Featuring a kiln room and studios with slab-rolling bench and jigger-jolly machine for pottery production. A 5ft kiln offers space to experiment with ambitious, large-scale ceramic works.

A full range of ceramic processes are available, supported by expert staff, including slip casting, press moulding, slab building, glazing, decals and mould-making.

Campus: UCA Farnham

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Equipment & technology

Interior of the Glass Polishing Workshop

Glass Polishing Workshop

Room: R10
Interior of the Glass Kiln Room

Glass Kiln Room

Room: B05

This room contains 11 glass kilns of various sizes and styles.
Interior of the Forge Area

Forge Area

Room: B20

This room contains:

  • Power hammer
  • Lenisha
  • Plasma cutter
  • Grindr
  • Spot welder
  • Roller
  • Bender
  • Forge
  • Mig welding
  • Tig welding
  • Arc welding
  • Oxyacetylene
  • Cutting pillar drill
Interior of the Ceramics Glaze Room

Ceramics Glaze Room

Room: B03

This room contains a wet back spray booth and two 3D clay printers.
Interior of the Ceramics Kiln room

Ceramics Kiln Room

Room: B04

This room contains:

  • Five front-loading electric kilns
  • Two top-loading electric kilns
  • Cromartie front-loading kiln
  • Eight test kilns
  • Three gas kilns
Interior of the Glass Cutting Room

Glass Cutting Workshop

Room: R13

This room contains:

  • Large cutting table
  • Large sandblaster
  • Three lamp working torches
  • Smiths torch
  • Lamp working kiln
Interior of the Ceramics Base Room

Ceramics Base Room

Room: B09

This room contains a slab clay roller.
Interior of the Glass and Ceramic Cutting Workshop

Glass & Ceramic Cutting Workshop

Room: R12

This room contains:

  • 80 grit and 220 grit flatbed grinder
  • Diamond pillar drill
  • Hand lapping area
  • Linisher
  • Di grinder
  • 80grit Rociprolap
  • 600grit Rociprolap
  • Double-sided diamond lathe
  • Air hand grinder
  • Large diamond saw
Interior of the Ceramics studio

Ceramics Studio

Room: B09B
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View student work created in the studio

Our online graduate showcase includes projects created within the studios.

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