Materials Days take Bard Graduate Center students to makers’ studios all over the city for hands-on experiences. The knowledge of the maker plays an important part in understanding the material. And students have done glass blowing workshops, learned about ceramics making and the basics of wheel throwing, experimented with loom weaving, created indigo dyes, and made tintype photographs. There are usually two to three of these outings, open to all students, over the course of an academic year.