Antoinette Badenhorst
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Antoinette Badenhorst
Porcelain by Antoinette Article 2021
Antoinette Badenhorst is a world-renowned potter and teacher, who reaches students across the globe through her online courses. In a normal year, she travels to teach classes in various countries and holds in-person classes in her studio, though some of that has looked different this past year due to COVID-19. Badenhorst is also a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, a highly prestigious organization that caps its membership at 1,000 artists worldwide.
But like every artist, there was a struggle at the beginning of her career. In fact, as a child, she never even considered herself creative.
Badenhorst was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was raised in Namibia. Her mom was a painter, but she remembers being shooed away while her mother was working on her pieces: “I think she needed that to concentrate on what she was doing.”
“There was a book of Michelangelo that was sitting on our coffee table in the house,” she remembers. “I don’t know if it was maybe (because it was) sculptures –– I’m not into realistic sculptures –– I’m not into that.”
Badenhorst has a memory of her mother talking on the phone about her. “She was telling somebody else that I’m really creative,” she said. Read more here
But like every artist, there was a struggle at the beginning of her career. In fact, as a child, she never even considered herself creative.
Badenhorst was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was raised in Namibia. Her mom was a painter, but she remembers being shooed away while her mother was working on her pieces: “I think she needed that to concentrate on what she was doing.”
“There was a book of Michelangelo that was sitting on our coffee table in the house,” she remembers. “I don’t know if it was maybe (because it was) sculptures –– I’m not into realistic sculptures –– I’m not into that.”
Badenhorst has a memory of her mother talking on the phone about her. “She was telling somebody else that I’m really creative,” she said. Read more here
Hand building porcelain Dinnerware
During the Hand building porcelain Dinnerware class Antoinette teaches students to design dinnerware for hand building as well as to do it successfully for porcelain.
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Glazing made easyIn a year where everything went virtual our classes became more important than ever before. We offer students from across the world a chance to learn online from the convenience of their own studio, at their own time. We offer direct access to the instructors. We answer questions, provide reviews and commentary as you progress with your class.
You have 10 weeks to review the long classes. Work along, talk to your fellow students or just observe. Any way, take the chance to improve yourself. Classes run from TeachinArt. 
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Finally a pottery class for people that want to start doing, or that just started doing pottery. In this class we cover all the basics; what is needed to start: what is pottery clay, how does clay behave and all this is available on videos while you have access to your instructor to as questions and discuss the class online. This class is now open for registration.
Since it is a beginners class, I will treat you as such to make sure all the information that I present, answers questions for everyone. |
You will be supplied with a list of tools to begin with a pottery class, some of it is addressed in a video, others will sneak in during the class and we will provide you with a PDF document with what is needed for this class.
I will also give you a broad idea of what is needed to do pottery on your own, or what you should expect from a community studio.
In the class series we discuss the origin of clay, how to prepare (wedge) clay and how to choose the right clay for your studio.
I will also give you a broad idea of what is needed to do pottery on your own, or what you should expect from a community studio.
In the class series we discuss the origin of clay, how to prepare (wedge) clay and how to choose the right clay for your studio.
Learn From Antoinette
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Antoinette offers a full 2 weeks of intense training to potters. The characteristics of porcelain are discussed and challenged in details, from beginning to end. During off times, we enjoy the hospitality of La Meridiana and tour all the interesting places that Tuscany ( Toscana) has to offer.
Join us for an experience of a lifetime.
Below are links to the possible ways yo learn and interact with Antoinette and her work
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Consultations
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