Handbuilding for the Garden & Home

Handbuilding for the Garden & Home

Fall Class | Registration opens Wednesday, August 6, 2025 12:01 AM EDT

414 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, PA 19086 United States
Handbuilding Room
All Levels
9/13/2025-12/6/2025
1:30 PM-4:30 PM EDT on Sat
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$490.00
Member Discount Available
$35.00

Handbuilding for the Garden & Home

Fall Class | Registration opens Wednesday, August 6, 2025 12:01 AM EDT

Start planning and think about the art that can fill your lovely garden: Totem stacks, lanterns, birdhouses, birdbaths, planters and garden stakes. What will you create? Karen will guide you through working with clay to hand build just what your garden needs.


  • No class on 11/29 due to holiday 

    Clay is not included in lab fee. Clay is to be purchased through the office. Purchase can be made via email, by phone and/or in person during office hours. Please note specific clay body when placing order. Porcelain clay bodies (257 and 437) are priced at $60 per unit. Non-porcelain clay bodies are priced at $35 per unit. Purchase in advance of class and present receipt to instructor before collecting clay.

    Please note: 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 specific class or workshop at CAC.


  • Clay not included.  Clay purchased with your class must be taken this semester.  Clay purchased do not carry over from one semester to another.  Clay can be purchased in the office as needed through the semester.

    Basic clay tools, which can be purchased at CAC.
Karen Sacks

Karen Sacks received her BFA from Clark University and has studied illustration at PCA. Karen is a skillful handbuilder who enjoys expanding her ceramic knowledge and experiences by taking every opportunity to attend pottery workshops locally as well as in other cities. Karen loves to share her knowledge and enthusiasm for making things with everyone. She believes that ANYONE can enjoy making art. Karen has taught children and adults since 2000. She has exhibited her pottery at Main Line Art Center, Chester Springs Art Center, Mainline Arts Center, Jenkins Arboretum and the Philadelphia Horticultural Society’s Hardy Plant Market.