Situated at the heart of England’s first World Craft Town, UCA Farnham offers industry-standard Elemental Craftworks Studios packed with specialist equipment.

The studio space encompasses a range of facilities, including the Cutting Machines, Jewellery Workshop, Plaster Workshop, Wax and Gelflex Workshop, Metal Cutting Workshop, and the Hammer Room.

Featuring state-of-the-art equipment and spacious, well-lit work areas, our Elemental Craftworks Studios provide the perfect environment to hone your craft.

Campus: UCA Farnham

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Equipment & technology

Interior of the Silversmithing, Jewellery, Metals Hearth Area - Room B26

Silversmithing, Jewellery, Metals Hearth Area

Room: B26

This room contains:

  • Hath area
  • Kiln for casting
  • Sand casting
  • Large pickle bath
  • Polishing mops
  • Plaster mixer
Interior of the Hammer Room

Hammer Room

Room: B25B

This room contains hammers and formers.
Interior of Plaster Workshop

Plaster Workshop

Room: B07

This room contains:

  • Two floor standing plaster turning lathes
  • Two plaster whirlers
  • Plaster bandsaw
  • Plaster CNC milling machine
Interior of the Wax / Plaster Workshop

Wax & Plaster Workshop

Room: R06

This workshop contains wax melters, wax reclaimers and an extraction booth.
Interior of the Sewing Machine Room

Sewing Machine Room

Room: B34

This room contains sewing machines and industrial sewing machines.
Interior of the Chemical and Enamel Room

Chemical and Enamel Room

Room: B27

  • Enamelling kilns
  • Enamelling acid baths
Interior of the 16mm Cutting Room

16mm Cutting Room

Room: B108

This room contains a Steenbeck film cutting machine.
Interior of the Wax and Gelflex Workshop

Wax and Gelflex Workshop

Room: B08

This room contains:

  • Two large wax melting pots
  • Three wax steamers
  • A wax hot plate
Interior of the Forge Area

Forge Area

Room: B20

This room contains:

  • Power hammer
  • Lenisha
  • Plasma cutter
  • Grindr
  • Spot welder
  • Roller
  • Bender
  • Forge
  • Mig welding
  • Tig welding
  • Arc welding
  • Oxyacetylene
  • Cutting pillar drill
Interior of the Metal Cutting Workshop

Metal Cutting Workshop

Room: B21

This room contains a donkey saw and a metal guillotine.
Interior of the Materials Workshop

Materials Workshop

Room: B22

This room contains:

  • Table saw
  • Band saw
  • Chop saw
  • Panel saw
  • Two pillar drills
  • Disk sander
  • Linisher
  • Bobbin sander
  • Sptay booth
  • Vac former
  • Plastic cutter
  • Hot wire cutter
  • Strip heater
  • Morticer
  • Two fret saws
  • Wood lathe
  • Down draft table
  • Planer
  • Router
Interior of the Dry Workshop

Dry Workshop

Room: B22A

This room contains:

  • Bandsaw
  • Bobbin
  • Sander
  • Sanding
  • Wheel
  • Disc
  • Sander
  • Fretsaw
  • Pillar drill
  • Vac former
  • Hot wire cutter
  • Metal roller
  • Metal folder
  • Guillotine
  • Spot welder
Interior of the Ceramics studio

Ceramics Studio

Room: B09B
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Ceramics & Glass BA (Hons)

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Ceramics MA/MFA

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Glass MA/MFA

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Jewellery MA/MFA

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