Handbuilding for the Garden & Home
Fall Class | Registration opens Wednesday, August 6, 2025 12:01 AM EDT
Start planning and thinking 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.
Clay is not included in lab fee. Clay must be purchased through the office by email, info@communityartscenter.org, by phone, 610-566-1713 or in person on the 1st day of class or as needed. You will need know the specific clay body you want to present your printed or emailed receipt to your instructor to get your clay. Your instructor will help you with choosing your clay body, if needed. Purchase clay before taking clay, thank you.
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.