Upcoming Workshops
John Campbell Folk school NC – Fall 2012
John Campbell Folk school NC – Fall 2012
Porcelain Process
I originally had 3 goals in mind with my creations; Translucency, high craft quality (not perfection) and artistic expression. These days I reach those goals without thinking about them, which allows me to challenge the clay and experience the joy or sorrow as a result of it. I combine any clay techniques necessary to create. Press molding and wheel throwing are normally the starting point to create basic shapes. From there I start adjusting. I form a rough idea of where I am heading when I use a charcoal pencil to draw lines on the leather hard piece. Form there my pot develops. I cut and paste fresh slab strips or pinched coils to manipulate the shape. As the piece progresses, I might add more elements; design on the go.
I use a transparent base glaze that I adjusted from an adopted recipe. I use oxides, soluble salts (which can be poisonous in the raw state), Mason stains and Amaco under glazes to obtain color, mostly on the inside of my bowls.
Fire to ^10 electric.
I use a transparent base glaze that I adjusted from an adopted recipe. I use oxides, soluble salts (which can be poisonous in the raw state), Mason stains and Amaco under glazes to obtain color, mostly on the inside of my bowls.
Fire to ^10 electric.
Demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and presentations are for beginners, intermediate or advanced potters.
Demonstrations or hands-on workshops
· All options, time lines and workshop presentation requirements can be adjusted to the institution’s needs and preferences.
· Hands-on workshops will be for 8-12 students.
· Demonstrations are open to the size and accessibility and equipment of the location in which the workshop will take place.
- Getting started with porcelain
- Break loose and challenge porcelain
- Press molds at work
· All options, time lines and workshop presentation requirements can be adjusted to the institution’s needs and preferences.
· Hands-on workshops will be for 8-12 students.
· Demonstrations are open to the size and accessibility and equipment of the location in which the workshop will take place.
Ceramic techniques:
· Wheel throwing and trimming
· Press molds
Activities:
· Explore the history and characteristic of porcelain
· Pitfalls, problems, design elements and firing porcelain clay
· Techniques that works for me, including throwing and trimming porcelain
· Studio practices with porcelain
· Break away from traditional ways and challenge the characteristic of porcelain
· Encourage potters to think and act fearless in their exploration of porcelain.
· Throwing, trimming and adjusting of basic shapes and possible variations of it, using different ceramic techniques
· Wheel throwing and trimming
· Press molds
Activities:
· Explore the history and characteristic of porcelain
· Pitfalls, problems, design elements and firing porcelain clay
· Techniques that works for me, including throwing and trimming porcelain
· Studio practices with porcelain
· Break away from traditional ways and challenge the characteristic of porcelain
· Encourage potters to think and act fearless in their exploration of porcelain.
· Throwing, trimming and adjusting of basic shapes and possible variations of it, using different ceramic techniques
Focus will be on the following:
1. Throwing bowls
2. Trimming and adjusting bowls
3. Decorating - water etching and carving
4. Press molds
5. Cylinder (when time allows)
6. Wide rimmed bowl/plate (when time allows)
7. Teapots (when time allows)
1. Throwing bowls
2. Trimming and adjusting bowls
3. Decorating - water etching and carving
4. Press molds
5. Cylinder (when time allows)
6. Wide rimmed bowl/plate (when time allows)
7. Teapots (when time allows)
Wish list:
· Porcelain clay body: Southern Ice, Standard porcelain or Snow porcelain from Matt and Dave’s clay or something similar is preferable. If not available, please discuss a substitute with me. ^ 6 firing will be okay.
· Wedging table and/or work table with a non – textured surface.
· Plastic bags and or foam supports
· Slip from the same clay body. (Prepared prior to workshop, or materials and tools to prepare it)
· Porcelain clay body: Southern Ice, Standard porcelain or Snow porcelain from Matt and Dave’s clay or something similar is preferable. If not available, please discuss a substitute with me. ^ 6 firing will be okay.
· Wedging table and/or work table with a non – textured surface.
· Plastic bags and or foam supports
· Slip from the same clay body. (Prepared prior to workshop, or materials and tools to prepare it)
· Plastic buckets (about 6) with lids to slow dry pots. (This can be food containers, regular plastic buckets or large storage jars, normally available in pottery studios. Please do not buy any. Due to possible distortion and the fast drying out characteristics of porcelain, I use these to protect my pots
· I will bring my own tools and press molds. IF IT IS A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP, STUDENTS WILL NEED THEIR OWN MOLD AND TOOLS.
· I will bring my own tools and press molds. IF IT IS A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP, STUDENTS WILL NEED THEIR OWN MOLD AND TOOLS.
Throwing and trimming
· Potter’s wheel with bats
· Water bucket at the wheel with apple vinegar added to it
· Foam bat with ring marks (drawn with a sharpie)
· Potter’s wheel with bats
· Water bucket at the wheel with apple vinegar added to it
· Foam bat with ring marks (drawn with a sharpie)
Press molds
· Slab roller (or rolling pin and 2 yardsticks), with smooth, non-textured surfaces (I normally use Slabmat from Herring Designs. If that is not available, I can use a regular piece of canvas in the slab roller, and do the final rolling with a rolling pin and 2 yard sticks)
· Plastic bags ( soft clothing bags from department stores) for support and or sponges
· Banding wheel
Decoration
· For demonstration of the water resistant decoration I will need a small container with Shellac available from hardware stores (orange color) or Gloss Medium Acrylic paint
· Water color brushes for shellac application
· Shellac cleaning agent (rubbing alcohol)
· Slab roller (or rolling pin and 2 yardsticks), with smooth, non-textured surfaces (I normally use Slabmat from Herring Designs. If that is not available, I can use a regular piece of canvas in the slab roller, and do the final rolling with a rolling pin and 2 yard sticks)
· Plastic bags ( soft clothing bags from department stores) for support and or sponges
· Banding wheel
Decoration
· For demonstration of the water resistant decoration I will need a small container with Shellac available from hardware stores (orange color) or Gloss Medium Acrylic paint
· Water color brushes for shellac application
· Shellac cleaning agent (rubbing alcohol)
· Mike Jabbur November 14, 2011
Studio Director, Santa Fe Clay; Currently Professor of Art-Ceramics College of William and Mary, Norfolk VA
“I met Antoinette Badenhorst in Philadelphia at the National Ceramics Conference (NCECA). She was reviewing an exhibition I co-curated called La Mesa (The Table), a collection of place settings for the table by dozens of potters from around the country. Antoinette’s review became a wonderful article that was published in Ceramics Art & Perception. Since that time, I have come to know Antoinette through her work, as well as other articles she has written. Antoinette makes beautiful porcelain vessels, strong in sculptural presence, yet delicate and graceful. They seem to be as much about light as they are about clay. Perhaps more accurately, they are about the interaction of light with translucent porcelain. As Antoinette continues to make, exhibit, jury and publish, it is clear that she has her finger on the pulse of contemporary ceramics.”
· PiÑon Hill workshop review by Ann Fremgen, Golden CO - July 2011
www.pinonhillpottery.com
Mmmm . . .Porcelain! This is a great description of the workshop I attended in La Veta Colorado with Antoinette Badenhorst. The workshop was hosted by Pinon Hill Pottery. A more beautiful setting and a more gracious host than Nicole Copel, the owner of the pottery would be hard to find.
I work exclusively in porcelain and Antoinette’s work truly speaks to my heart. One of the qualities of porcelain that inspires me is porcelain’s ability to be simultaneously elegant and organic. Antoinette’s work embodies this quality.
Beyond the amazing beauty of work itself Antoinette is extremely knowledgeable about nationally and internationally recognized ceramic artists and their work, and shares information freely. She also shares her skills, her humor, and her thinking processes. I think we all wonder how artists develop their ideas and how do they solve the structural and technical problems inherent in those ideas.
This workshop format, with a day of demonstration then two days of hands-on work, was a wonderful opportunity to immediately apply and practice the skills and techniques we learned. Antoinette pushes porcelain way beyond the boundaries that seem possible; especially when you consider that she is firing to cone 10. Yes, it is an oxidation firing but the work is so thin, translucent, not to mention the balance of the forms that I couldn’t help but be skeptical that it could be fired with out warping. Antoinette was very helpful explaining how she fires and supports the pieces through the firing. I even tried sending some of the work I did at the workshop through a gas reduction firing to cone 10 with no warping and amazing translucency!
The really valuable things that I personally came away from the workshop with are a little more intangible. I absolutely learned some different techniques and refinements that have improved my own work. More importantly, I developed a new enthusiasm and focus that has stayed with me, I’ve also begun to explore new directions in my work while pushing ideas I’ve been developing just a little further. What more could you want!
· Ann Fremgen( 2nd recommendation) November 14, 2011
Ceramic Artist, Independent Artist
“Antoinette is an exceptional mentor and teacher, her willingness to share knowledge of both technical information as well as the intellectual aspects of the ceramic arts is extraordinary.”
· William (Bill) Schran October 15, 2011
Assistant Dean, Northern Virginia Community College (colleague)
worked directly with you
Last weekend I was pleased to host Antoinette Badenhorst for weekend
porcelain workshop with my intermediate and advanced students.
Antoinette and I had talked about a workshop when we met at the last NCECA
conference. I knew right away I wanted to come and share her experiences and
expertise working with porcelain with my students.
First day was about working with porcelain on the wheel and sharing stories.
She stressed the importance of fully understanding the media, whether
working with porcelain or any other clay body.
Second day was hand building, trimming and altering the thrown forms,
carefully paying full attention to all aspects seeking forms that flowed and
had a life of their own.
Typical of student comments about the workshop:
"I would recommend her workshop to others and attend another myself. She
seems very knowledgeable, very personable, patient, passionate, good sense
of humor and eager to share her experience and knowledge."
" I have learned a lot from this workshop. Antoinette is a very inspiring
and powerful artist. She showed us the steps to make her beautiful pieces
and demonstrated how her life and her personality have influenced her work.
Each of her pieces shows her life and her personality. They are all
exquisite and beautiful. I am very impressed."
I was also very impressed with the manner she presented the material,
inviting and addressing student questions throughout the workshop and the
skill she demonstrated working with porcelain.
For those of you considering or planning workshops for students or at
community centers I would highly recommend you book Antoinette - you won't
be disappointed!
· William (Bill) Schran (2nd recommendation)November 15, 2011
Assistant Dean, Northern Virginia Community College (colleague)
worked directly with you
“Antoinette produces wonderfully flowing organic forms employing the very demanding porcelain. Her forms are altered and manipulated to create elegant shapes with sweeping lines, devoid of excess surface decoration yielding a delicate form that is light and translucent. Antoinette is a wonderful teacher. She conducted an intensive
weekend workshop for my students, presenting techniques clearly, step-by-step, while being very attentive to students questions. She was very open and willing to share her extensive knowledge - my highest recommendation!”
· Martha Cheney, Ed. D.
October, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:
I have had the privilege of working with Antoinette Badenhorst in a variety of settings over the past three years. Our relationship began when I enrolled in a pottery class at her studio and continued when she allowed me to work in the studio after the class ended. She was a highly skilled teacher who shared her knowledge and skills patiently.
Our relationship grew as I began to involve her in the work that I was doing with schools through the Mississippi Arts Commission’s Whole Schools Initiative. Antoinette conducted workshops with teachers in a variety of school districts throughout the state. She also provided sessions during MAC’s Whole Schools retreats and summer institute. In another local district she worked with at-risk students in the Alternative School and with elementary students in their extended year program.
Regardless of the setting, Antoinette’s passion about pottery is obvious. She is a well-prepared presenter who accepts responsibility for engaging students of all ages in the creative process.
We are fortunate that she now lives in the United States of America and can share both her creative talents and rich cultural background with students and educators in our schools.
· Lynn Barnwell: Hinkle Creek Pottery, October 2011
I had the great pleasure to work with Antoinette
for several months and a strong friendship for almost a decade. She shares
her knowledge at the drop of a hat and can mesmerize you with her skill at
the wheel. I have a collection of her pit fired porcelain and well as
several of her water etched porcelain pieces. I have learned a lot from her
generosity.
Studio Director, Santa Fe Clay; Currently Professor of Art-Ceramics College of William and Mary, Norfolk VA
“I met Antoinette Badenhorst in Philadelphia at the National Ceramics Conference (NCECA). She was reviewing an exhibition I co-curated called La Mesa (The Table), a collection of place settings for the table by dozens of potters from around the country. Antoinette’s review became a wonderful article that was published in Ceramics Art & Perception. Since that time, I have come to know Antoinette through her work, as well as other articles she has written. Antoinette makes beautiful porcelain vessels, strong in sculptural presence, yet delicate and graceful. They seem to be as much about light as they are about clay. Perhaps more accurately, they are about the interaction of light with translucent porcelain. As Antoinette continues to make, exhibit, jury and publish, it is clear that she has her finger on the pulse of contemporary ceramics.”
· PiÑon Hill workshop review by Ann Fremgen, Golden CO - July 2011
www.pinonhillpottery.com
Mmmm . . .Porcelain! This is a great description of the workshop I attended in La Veta Colorado with Antoinette Badenhorst. The workshop was hosted by Pinon Hill Pottery. A more beautiful setting and a more gracious host than Nicole Copel, the owner of the pottery would be hard to find.
I work exclusively in porcelain and Antoinette’s work truly speaks to my heart. One of the qualities of porcelain that inspires me is porcelain’s ability to be simultaneously elegant and organic. Antoinette’s work embodies this quality.
Beyond the amazing beauty of work itself Antoinette is extremely knowledgeable about nationally and internationally recognized ceramic artists and their work, and shares information freely. She also shares her skills, her humor, and her thinking processes. I think we all wonder how artists develop their ideas and how do they solve the structural and technical problems inherent in those ideas.
This workshop format, with a day of demonstration then two days of hands-on work, was a wonderful opportunity to immediately apply and practice the skills and techniques we learned. Antoinette pushes porcelain way beyond the boundaries that seem possible; especially when you consider that she is firing to cone 10. Yes, it is an oxidation firing but the work is so thin, translucent, not to mention the balance of the forms that I couldn’t help but be skeptical that it could be fired with out warping. Antoinette was very helpful explaining how she fires and supports the pieces through the firing. I even tried sending some of the work I did at the workshop through a gas reduction firing to cone 10 with no warping and amazing translucency!
The really valuable things that I personally came away from the workshop with are a little more intangible. I absolutely learned some different techniques and refinements that have improved my own work. More importantly, I developed a new enthusiasm and focus that has stayed with me, I’ve also begun to explore new directions in my work while pushing ideas I’ve been developing just a little further. What more could you want!
· Ann Fremgen( 2nd recommendation) November 14, 2011
Ceramic Artist, Independent Artist
“Antoinette is an exceptional mentor and teacher, her willingness to share knowledge of both technical information as well as the intellectual aspects of the ceramic arts is extraordinary.”
· William (Bill) Schran October 15, 2011
Assistant Dean, Northern Virginia Community College (colleague)
worked directly with you
Last weekend I was pleased to host Antoinette Badenhorst for weekend
porcelain workshop with my intermediate and advanced students.
Antoinette and I had talked about a workshop when we met at the last NCECA
conference. I knew right away I wanted to come and share her experiences and
expertise working with porcelain with my students.
First day was about working with porcelain on the wheel and sharing stories.
She stressed the importance of fully understanding the media, whether
working with porcelain or any other clay body.
Second day was hand building, trimming and altering the thrown forms,
carefully paying full attention to all aspects seeking forms that flowed and
had a life of their own.
Typical of student comments about the workshop:
"I would recommend her workshop to others and attend another myself. She
seems very knowledgeable, very personable, patient, passionate, good sense
of humor and eager to share her experience and knowledge."
" I have learned a lot from this workshop. Antoinette is a very inspiring
and powerful artist. She showed us the steps to make her beautiful pieces
and demonstrated how her life and her personality have influenced her work.
Each of her pieces shows her life and her personality. They are all
exquisite and beautiful. I am very impressed."
I was also very impressed with the manner she presented the material,
inviting and addressing student questions throughout the workshop and the
skill she demonstrated working with porcelain.
For those of you considering or planning workshops for students or at
community centers I would highly recommend you book Antoinette - you won't
be disappointed!
· William (Bill) Schran (2nd recommendation)November 15, 2011
Assistant Dean, Northern Virginia Community College (colleague)
worked directly with you
“Antoinette produces wonderfully flowing organic forms employing the very demanding porcelain. Her forms are altered and manipulated to create elegant shapes with sweeping lines, devoid of excess surface decoration yielding a delicate form that is light and translucent. Antoinette is a wonderful teacher. She conducted an intensive
weekend workshop for my students, presenting techniques clearly, step-by-step, while being very attentive to students questions. She was very open and willing to share her extensive knowledge - my highest recommendation!”
· Martha Cheney, Ed. D.
October, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:
I have had the privilege of working with Antoinette Badenhorst in a variety of settings over the past three years. Our relationship began when I enrolled in a pottery class at her studio and continued when she allowed me to work in the studio after the class ended. She was a highly skilled teacher who shared her knowledge and skills patiently.
Our relationship grew as I began to involve her in the work that I was doing with schools through the Mississippi Arts Commission’s Whole Schools Initiative. Antoinette conducted workshops with teachers in a variety of school districts throughout the state. She also provided sessions during MAC’s Whole Schools retreats and summer institute. In another local district she worked with at-risk students in the Alternative School and with elementary students in their extended year program.
Regardless of the setting, Antoinette’s passion about pottery is obvious. She is a well-prepared presenter who accepts responsibility for engaging students of all ages in the creative process.
We are fortunate that she now lives in the United States of America and can share both her creative talents and rich cultural background with students and educators in our schools.
· Lynn Barnwell: Hinkle Creek Pottery, October 2011
I had the great pleasure to work with Antoinette
for several months and a strong friendship for almost a decade. She shares
her knowledge at the drop of a hat and can mesmerize you with her skill at
the wheel. I have a collection of her pit fired porcelain and well as
several of her water etched porcelain pieces. I have learned a lot from her
generosity.
Random Images of Antoinette at work
Class Description Porcelain :
Understand the character of porcelain and you push your own limits. Improve your clay skills as you throw and press mold thin, well - crafted pots, while you learn to adjust them in beautiful sculptural vessels. Whether you will continue working with porcelain or not, the principles and approaches that you learn will refresh and energize your approach to clay. Intermediate - advanced.
Instructor Biography:
Antoinette Badenhorst started her pottery career in South Africa in 1981 and begun to specialize in porcelain in 1995. Her work is internationally exhibited in South Africa, the USA, Japan and Europe. Her passion doing pottery spills over in teaching and writing about clay in Pottery Making Illustrated, Ceramics Monthly and Ceramics Art and Perception/and Technical. Her work is widely published.
Understand the character of porcelain and you push your own limits. Improve your clay skills as you throw and press mold thin, well - crafted pots, while you learn to adjust them in beautiful sculptural vessels. Whether you will continue working with porcelain or not, the principles and approaches that you learn will refresh and energize your approach to clay. Intermediate - advanced.
Instructor Biography:
Antoinette Badenhorst started her pottery career in South Africa in 1981 and begun to specialize in porcelain in 1995. Her work is internationally exhibited in South Africa, the USA, Japan and Europe. Her passion doing pottery spills over in teaching and writing about clay in Pottery Making Illustrated, Ceramics Monthly and Ceramics Art and Perception/and Technical. Her work is widely published.
Workshop History
· Demonstration x 2 days - Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia
· Hands-on workshop x 2 days - PiÑon Hill Pottery, La Veta CO 2011
· Demonstration x 1 day - PiÑon Hill Pottery, La Veta CO 2011
· Workshop demonstration Southern Mississippi Ceramics department students 2010
· Porcelain discussion Clayart room NCECA 2010
· Classes ( 2 x 6 weeks at Kaleidoscope Barrington to various age groups - 2009
· Presented porcelain at Vernon Hills Library
· Presented year long workshops - Barrington IL.
· Teapot discussion with Harper College students
· Full time ceramic teacher in private studio in South Africa and the USA for 22 years
· Presented two week workshop at Delta State University during Summer Arts program
· Four follow up work sessions of eight days each at West Side School, West Point MS.
· Presented workshop to school teachers at Henry S. Jacobs Camp, Utica MS – Mississippi Arts Commission
· Presented Lecture “Problem solving skills in Art” – Business men -Tupelo
· Presented week long workshop - Pierce Street Elementary students – Tupelo MS
· Presented lecture “Seasons” to adult society – Dallas TX
· Presented workshop at my home based studio to school teachers.
· Presented demonstration in my home based studio to Tupelo Artist Guild.
· Presented demonstration/lecture during Stormy Arts Festival – Cannon Beach OR
· Presented lecture “South African Art meets Mississippi art” - Hinds Community college
Presented one day workshop at the Mississippi Museum of Art
· Presented lecture about my ceramic work at Northeast Community college, Boonville, MS.
· Presented lecture “The influence of my heritage on my ceramic art work” – Gadston Antiquity Society
· Presented several demonstrations at the Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild
· Worked with students during Memphis in May- Honoring South Africa
· Presented demonstration to Mississippi Woman’s College students at my studio
· Presented week long workshop - Saltillo Elementary students
· One day workshop with Saltillo Elementary school children
· Lecture to College students “pinch pots” – State University Starkville.
· Two follow up lectures to high school students in “Ceramic and science” – Saltillo High School
· Present four wheel throwing workshops at Itawamba Community college Fulton Mississippi
· Present two wheel throwing workshops to the Potters Foundation of Tupelo
· Presented “wheel throwing and pit firing” workshop - Potters Association in the SA
· Pretoria Central prison - Trained two groups of prisoners for 2 executive six week periods
· Hands-on workshop x 2 days - PiÑon Hill Pottery, La Veta CO 2011
· Demonstration x 1 day - PiÑon Hill Pottery, La Veta CO 2011
· Workshop demonstration Southern Mississippi Ceramics department students 2010
· Porcelain discussion Clayart room NCECA 2010
· Classes ( 2 x 6 weeks at Kaleidoscope Barrington to various age groups - 2009
· Presented porcelain at Vernon Hills Library
· Presented year long workshops - Barrington IL.
· Teapot discussion with Harper College students
· Full time ceramic teacher in private studio in South Africa and the USA for 22 years
· Presented two week workshop at Delta State University during Summer Arts program
· Four follow up work sessions of eight days each at West Side School, West Point MS.
· Presented workshop to school teachers at Henry S. Jacobs Camp, Utica MS – Mississippi Arts Commission
· Presented Lecture “Problem solving skills in Art” – Business men -Tupelo
· Presented week long workshop - Pierce Street Elementary students – Tupelo MS
· Presented lecture “Seasons” to adult society – Dallas TX
· Presented workshop at my home based studio to school teachers.
· Presented demonstration in my home based studio to Tupelo Artist Guild.
· Presented demonstration/lecture during Stormy Arts Festival – Cannon Beach OR
· Presented lecture “South African Art meets Mississippi art” - Hinds Community college
Presented one day workshop at the Mississippi Museum of Art
· Presented lecture about my ceramic work at Northeast Community college, Boonville, MS.
· Presented lecture “The influence of my heritage on my ceramic art work” – Gadston Antiquity Society
· Presented several demonstrations at the Mississippi Craftsmen’s Guild
· Worked with students during Memphis in May- Honoring South Africa
· Presented demonstration to Mississippi Woman’s College students at my studio
· Presented week long workshop - Saltillo Elementary students
· One day workshop with Saltillo Elementary school children
· Lecture to College students “pinch pots” – State University Starkville.
· Two follow up lectures to high school students in “Ceramic and science” – Saltillo High School
· Present four wheel throwing workshops at Itawamba Community college Fulton Mississippi
· Present two wheel throwing workshops to the Potters Foundation of Tupelo
· Presented “wheel throwing and pit firing” workshop - Potters Association in the SA
· Pretoria Central prison - Trained two groups of prisoners for 2 executive six week periods