Iowa Ceramics Center & Glass Studio

Facilities

Providing our Students with the space, equipment, kilns and shop that will develop their ideas and build on their skills–all while having some fun.

Clay Studio

3000 Square Feet of Clay Paradise

Our large clay studio is complete with 2 slab rollers, 26 wheels including electric, kick wheel and a motor assisted kick wheel, Clay extruder, Large work tables, Glaze area with spray booth, and a Large variety of molds and armatures.

Classrooms

Wheels

Kilns

Glass Studio

850 Square Feet of Creativity

Glass Grinders

Thousand Square Inches of Glass for Sale

Molds

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Our glass studio is filled with large work tables, 2 grinders, 3 Morton Cutting Systems, Wet Belt Sander, slumping molds and a huge assortment of COE 96 glass that will help you create beautiful glass art along with an assortment of: powder, Frit, Noodles and Stringers. We also offer 3 types of glass firing in our dedicated glass kiln to include: Full Fuse, Tack Fuse and Slump.

“Cedar Rapids is so fortunate to have access to such a comprehensive facility. We are lucky indeed! “

Kilns

Get Fired Up!

We have a variety of kilns available for multiple applications for our students.

24 cu. ft. Alpine updraft gas kiln
30 cu. ft. Downdraft soda kiln
90 cu. ft. Double Chamber Wood kiln (back chamber is Salt)
4 – 10 cu. ft Programmable electric kilns
3 Raku kilns
1 Programmable glass electric kiln
Olympic updraft gas kiln
Test Kiln

ICCGS Shop:

We sell supplies at our facility as well as online. Stop in to see what we have available or visit our online store to shop from home! Materials and supplies vary between our facility and the online store.

Clay Types: Stoneware, porcelain, soda clay, B-clay, raku clay & terra cotta.
Variety of clay tools: MudTools, Dolan, MKM, Amaco, Bailey, Dirty Girls, Xiem
Ceramic Underglazes: assortment of underglaze colors available for purchase.
Glass tools: cutters, breakers, glue, pliers
Warm Glass for Fusing: (COE 96) large variety of colors and translucency in half 6x6 and full 12x12 sheets.
Glass accessories: Bails, magnets, lights, etc.

Studio Rental

Limited Studio Space is available for rent for experienced studio members. Contact us about availability by clicking the button below for more info about our studio rentals.