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Sculpture Special

A Passion for Shaping Metal

The basement of the Columbus Drive building may not see a lot of sunshine, but SAIC metals professor Ron Lancaster illuminates the space with a hot torch as he shapes cold metal into art.

The “Institutional Womb”

An interview with 2009 MFA Fellowship recipient Raquel Sarai Mendoza

Two Worlds, One School

Students in the Ceramics Department may seem to be elbow deep in a big-kid’s version of Play-Doh, but the intense concentration on their faces as they hunch over their creations looks far from playful.

Fe20

DIY all the way, these “metal heads” literally play with fire. Their spirit and lust for heat unifies their craft, and will be on proud display at “Fe20” — the 20th Annual Iron Pour