Forging and forming is an elective course within the MME department where the first lab teaches students how to forge a nail. Over the past two years this lab has expanded and developed into the Mines forge shop, located in the high bay area of Hill Hall. This program has been heavily funded and provided…
As promised, The Oredigger followed up with the new glass shop that is one facet of the Hill Hall Hot shop (where Free Pour Fridays take place!). Much has happened since the last interview with the glass shop. The glass shop has hosted three Soda Lime Sundays (SLS) already, with one in the books for…
On Sept. 14 and Oct. 21 several mines students and faculty gathered at local blacksmith Dan McNeil’s shop for their first hands-on forging experience. These two forging events were geared towards introducing new members of the Colorado School of Mines Materials Advantage Club (CSMMAC) bladesmithing team to the art of forging. The bladesmithing team is…
While the new CoorsTek building on campus is quite stunning and primarily sheathed in glass, there is also new glass elsewhere on campus; the new glassblowing shop in Hill Hall opened this past June. To learn more about this new shop on campus, The Oredigger interviewed Materials Science graduate student Jake Ivy, the head gaffer…
It is amazing what you can discover right outside your front door. It is often too easy to get caught up in school and not observe and experience the city surrounding campus. Foothills Art Center (FAC) is one of those gems that despite being almost on campus can be easily missed in the crazy whirlwind…