In January 2006, an anonymous donor brought the Craft Campus a step closer to reality thanks to a $2 million grant for the design and construction of a wood sculpture studio. The grant comes from an anonymous national foundation that has a special interest in the modern craft movement.

Landfill Gas Applications: Landfill gas will meet general heating and cooling requirements for the studio.

Suggestions and Needs for Wood Sculpture Studio: These notes represent a preliminary vision of the Craft Campus developed early in 2004.

Interior

• Machine room -- square room used as flexible space; sound baffling; should open onto bench room (20 foot ceilings)
• Bench room -- long, narrow room providing 20 students with 10x10 foot bench space; storage and shelving; two computers; sinks; should open onto machine room (12 foot ceilings)
• Finishing room with 10x10 foot spray booth, filtered exhaust system, dust fans, excellent ventilation and large doors (10 foot ceilings)
• Glue-up room with excellent ventilation, 4x8 foot vacuum press and 4x8 foot table with clamps (20 foot ceilings)
• Sanding room with a visual connection to the machine room but separated by acoustic barrier to reduce noise pollution
• Mezzanine with faculty offices (10-12 foot ceilings)
• Sawdust collection system -- located under or outside building. Collected sawdust could be made into blocks to fire kilns or to sell.
• Secure tool storage area (10x20 feet)
• Wood storage area (20 foot ceilings)
• Cover outdoor space approximately one-quarter of the size of the indoor space

Equipment Needs

• Left and right table saws
• Clamps
• Jointers
• Routers
• Various sized planers
• Shaper
• Vacuum table
• Thickness sander
• Drills
• Band saws
• Jig saws
• Drill presses
• Grinders
• Mortiser
• Hand sanders
• Oscillating belt disc sanders
• Biscuit joiner
• Lathes
• Chop saw
• Spray equipment
• Spindle sander
• Scroll saw
• Assorted hand tools
• Dust collection system