Glass

The glass facilities at Tyler are excellent resources for your artistic and technical development. In the Glass Program, the studios are designed for extensive research and the creation of works in all areas of glass blowing, glass casting, glass fusing, and kiln work.  Tyler Glass is a tight-knit community housed in a 10,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility that includes a hot shop with two 530 pound day tanks, four benches, and four glory holes including one 30,"  and 10 dedicated annealers; a 710 pound casting furnace with seven annealers, including a car kiln; a kiln casting room with 16 kilns for slumping, fusing, and casting, outfitted with a 1-ton crane for large molds; a cold shop with the latest equipment including Merker and Czech lathes and four flameworking stations. There is a large undergraduate majors studio, four graduate studios, a large critique room and an attached smart classroom. Conditioned air provides year-round cooling.