Creature Feature

Creature Feature

Spring Class | This course is completed

414 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, PA 19086 United States

Ceramic Studio Annex

All Levels

3/14/2023-6/7/2023

9:30 AM-12:30 PM EDT on Tue

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$385.00

Member Discount Available

$25.00

The main focus of this semester will be on Texture. We will begin with hand built forms and rather than remove clay by cutting and carving, we will add textured elements. Projects will start as basic functional forms and progress to more complex animal forms. The semester will also include traditional lessons using test tiles, making your work smooth, and use of wire as decor or functionally as a tool for hanging. Glaze understanding and discovery for work, to prevent running over the sides or your work, allowing the clay body to remain exposed with no glaze and how to safely use glaze combinations. Additional projects for this semester may also include ornaments, Black Clay, adding a glass element to your work, and beginning your year-long Chess Set creation- all with a theme from the animal, fish and insect kingdoms. The semester will include 3 continuous classes where demonstrations are made, projects can be started and ideas brought forth. Following every 3 classes will see a 4th class where students can use that class time for themselves to finish one or more previous projects or go into an individual focus. This class structure will repeat two more times, till the end of the semester. Students are encouraged to take started projects home to finish. Let’s start pinching and rolling some clay!

  • Clay is not included in lab fee.


  • The CAC will be closed the week of April 3 for spring break.

    Please Note:  This class is planned as an in person class and we expect that it will run the full semester in person.  However, there is an ongoing need to adhere to guidance and safety practices in order to safely manage the COVID-19 situation.  The guidelines from state government and public health authorities change as time progresses and the CAC may need to make adjustments accordingly.  It is possible that this class will transition to an online format at some point during the semester.  In this case, tuition refunds will not be issued unless the CAC is unable to provide the same number of class sessions as initially planned either in person or in a remote format. 
  • Students who wish to fire work in the soda kiln and are currently registered in a class that is not soda kiln specific can do so for an additional $20 fee/semester. Only available to students who have previously taken a soda kiln specific class or workshop at the CAC. Please call or stop by the office to sign up.
  • Students should bring basic clay tools (which can be purchased at CAC).
Hagmayer, Brad

Brad Hagmayer is a Ceramic Artist from Royersford, Pennsylvania. Beyond Royersford, Brad spent much of his life in Ocean City, New Jersey where his father operated a gift shop on the boardwalk till 1972 and the family continues strong ties with the city by way of a second home. Brad has been doing art since a young child and has won numerous awards in several mediums. A graduate of Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania, with a BA in Art Studio, in 1988. Brad has focused his talents in the last ten years on his ceramic arts. He is a member of the Community Arts Center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania where he is known for his Octopus, Mushrooms, Rabbits and French Bulldogs as well as a few other creatures. He works with both Low Fire and High Fire clays and glazes and dabbles in Raku as well. Brad has also practically used his admiration with animals by spending his adult life working in the Veterinary Field and is currently a Practice Manager for a veterinary office in the western suburbs of Philadelphia.