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Antoinette Badenhorst developed her pottery pottery career over 40 years. She specializes in porcelain, but mentors, teaches and gives advice to potters across the world in all ceramic related topics. Students from across the world benefit from her packed-with-information workshops.
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Facts about Antoinette
Specializing in porcelain, her signature sculpted bowls, are in public and private collections across the world.
Antoinette will be back teaching hands- on porcelain workshops in Europe in 2021.
Antoinette will be back teaching hands- on porcelain workshops in Europe in 2021.
Antoinette presents her translucent porcelain sculpted bowls during shows and exhibitions, but it is year-long available from her studio showroom.
Her functional work is available for purchase from her website. Antoinette started mixing her own translucent porcelain clay over the last few years after she worked with Southern Ice for several years. Her clay body has the same white and translucent qualities.
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 One of the main characteristics of porcelain is the large particle size.
Antoinette teaches in several ways.
There are lots of free information available in her blog posts as well as in her videos posts. She presents workshops on a continuing basis online and at least once a year she presents a hands-on workshop in- studio and she also teaches in other parts of the USA. Antoinette books International workshops up to 2 years in advance.  Understanding the nature of porcelain clay, will allow for altering and carving.
On the gallery page is an image history in chronological order with some artist statements of her progress over the years.
If you have any questions about this work, or want to include her in an exhibition, you can contact her directly. |
Once a year Antoinette designs a Christmas tree ornament and offer it as a limited series to the public for purchase.
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Due to the COVID 19 situation, all the workshops for 2020 are postponed to 2021
Antoinette will be teaching in Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Spain in the Spring/ Summer of 2021.
Understand porcelain and be successfulAntoinette presented only online workshops from her studio in the last few years, while she was teaching in various places in the USA and other parts of the world. Due to requests, she will present " Success with Porcelain", a 5 days’ hands-on workshop in her studio this June.
It will be a class packed with information to help the attendees to master porcelain in a short a time as possible. Shed the myths that surround the diva. Learn to use her attributes to bring out the best of porcelain. There is a limited number of students allowed to ensure that all students get enough attention. Learn to Understand the character of porcelain and make great porcelain sculptures and pottery
Throw translucent porcelain bowls on the potter’s wheel and/or hand build translucent bowls Learn to trim and alter porcelain bowls Learn about the faults and remedies of porcelain Learn to spray glaze porcelain (Complimentary bisque bowls will be provided). |
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In April 2021 Antoinette will teach the concepts of working porcelain at La Meridiana and also in Amsterdam
The "Understanding Porcelain" workshop has many different interpretations. It is named as " Secrets of Porcelain" or "Porzellan in Perfektion". See proposals of all the possible hands-on workshops that Antoinette present. She can meet the exact needs of the potters. New workshops are planned for the future.
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 Porcelain sculptures is possible with a good understanding of firing procedures.
Antoinette will present hands-on workshops in Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland and Spain in 2020. She will be back at La Meridiana in 2021 and is busy working on more workshops for 2021. If you are interested in hosting a workshop for porcelain with Antoinette, please contact her via e-mail or social media.
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Antoinette inspires her students by giving her insight in her own ceramic career path.
Antoinette loves to write. Her book "Working with Porcelain" was recently published and is available through Amazon. She has numerous publications in various pottery magazines and books. Her blog posts are educational and intended to mentor and help potters to become successful.
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Once a beginner herself, Antoinette learned to value the input of artists around her. Not only did she often write about other potters like Lou Pierozzi, Helene Fielder and Richard Notkin, but she interviewed international artists like John Shirley from South Africa and Jack Sures from Canada. Among others artists on the interview list is Marie Gibbons, Connie Christensen and Paul Lewing.
Some of the topics covered in this porcelain book is colored clay, porcelain recipes and porcelain design.
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Understand the character of porcelain and make great porcelain sculptures and pottery
How to throw translucent porcelain bowls on the potter’s wheel
How to hand build translucent porcelain bowls
How to trim and alter porcelain bowls
Learn about the faults and remedies of porcelain
How to spray glaze porcelain
How to throw translucent porcelain bowls on the potter’s wheel
How to hand build translucent porcelain bowls
How to trim and alter porcelain bowls
Learn about the faults and remedies of porcelain
How to spray glaze porcelain
The translucent porcelain bowls were made from a porcelain clay body that Antoinette developed in 2018 in her studio. Her signature porcelain bowls were either thrown on the potter’s wheel or press molded. After trimming, she alters it and fires it to translucency.
Antoinette, along with Koos Badenhorst, is the co-founder of TeachinArt. Common hand building pottery techniques like pinching clay, slab building, coil building, and how to throw on the potters' wheel are addressed. Her porcelain throwing skills are widely followed by many potters across the world.
It is easy to follow her online workshops from anywhere; all that is needed is internet access and the ability to watch videos. TeachinArt is going strong since 2014 and are already reaching students in 37 different countries, while our online instructors have a combined experience of over 450 years.
What makes Antoinettes' pottery classes online different from the thousands of videos that are available for free on Vimeo or YouTube is that she provides, full instruction and the student is watching as if they are watching their instructor in a real class setup. She mentor potters to become professional in any way possible, including question and answer sessions, critiquing and hand out documents. She is in e-mail contact with her students and train them throughout the course and as often as needed afterwards.
It is easy to follow her online workshops from anywhere; all that is needed is internet access and the ability to watch videos. TeachinArt is going strong since 2014 and are already reaching students in 37 different countries, while our online instructors have a combined experience of over 450 years.
What makes Antoinettes' pottery classes online different from the thousands of videos that are available for free on Vimeo or YouTube is that she provides, full instruction and the student is watching as if they are watching their instructor in a real class setup. She mentor potters to become professional in any way possible, including question and answer sessions, critiquing and hand out documents. She is in e-mail contact with her students and train them throughout the course and as often as needed afterwards.
Antoinette is a potter for almost 40 years. Throughout the years she gained experiences in many countries and she and her family worked through many situations and circumstances in their lives. Much of it is reflected in her work. feel free to contact her with any question regarding her work and experiences. If you are interested in her services you can contact her directly through her website or through TeachinArt.
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