​​5 Days workshop
​Understanding Porcelain
Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding

During a 5 days hands-on porcelain workshop, I teach and demonstrate the character of porcelain. This class is packed with information. Students work on different projects simultaneously. Days are broken down into activities, with images to give everyone an idea of the process.
​Please Contact me if you have any questions.
The schedules are changeable to suit the particular needs of the group.

A hand built V-shaped cup similar to the wheel thrown bowl that is signature of Antoinettes sculpted porcelain bowls.

Day 1: Morning 9 am:

Antoinette:
​Wedging porcelain Get to know the clay (Pinch) Centering porcelain and/or throw a porcelain slab. Throwing V-bowl OR Hand built V-bowl

Learn how to control the form of your porcelain on the potters wheel.

Learn to pinch and become successful with porcelain.

There are potters that like to throw on the potters wheel and then there are those potters that prefer to hand build. In this 5 day workshop is room for both to learn about form and to master basic ceramic design.
Although this is a class to learn how to work with porcelain, the correct way to design of porcelain, to become successful with the medium is weaved in throughout the workshop.

Hand built dinnerware teaches form and design of porcelain. The whole Understanding porcelain class can be altered to become a practical dinnerware class.

All Students:
Wedge and pinch clay.

Wheel throwing Students
Center and throw V bowl.
Throw slab
Continue with pinching

Hand building Students
​Throw slab (V bowl)
Build V bowl
Continue with pinching

Build a cup that looks like it is wheel thrown.

Day 1: Afternoon : 12.30 pm

Antoinette:
Throwing U bowl/ build a U - bowl
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Press mold envelope
Continue with pinching

Wheel throwing students: U form bowl, wheel thrown, trimmed to perfection, altered and carved.

Trimming a porcelain bowl with a defined foot rim.

  U - formed bowls on the potters wheel is not just a bellied bowl. It has a distinct raised foot rim.

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Day 2:  Morning 9 am:

Wheel throwing Students
Throw slab for envelope and form first steps
Center and throw U bowl 
Continue with pinching
Throwing translucent bowls

Hand building Students
Throw slab for envelope and form first steps
Build a U bowl
Continue with pinching.

Antoinette:
Trimming V bowl
Foot rim of hand built U Bowl
Cut and form 1st steps of envelope

Wheel throwing Students
Throw slab and form first steps for envelope
Center and throw U bowl
Continue with pinching

Hand building students
Finishing U-shaped bowl

Day 2: Afternoon : 12.30 pm

​Antoinette:
Trim V- bowl – begin with altering of bowl.
Prepare press molded slabs to form envelope bowls.

​Hand building Students
Create envelope 
Finish V bowl 
Continue with all projects

​Wheel throwing Students
Create envelope 
Trim V- bowl – begin with altering 
Continue with all projects.

Press molded envelope bowl with wheel thrown (or hand built) foot rim.

Wheel throwing Students
Throw slab and form first steps for envelope
Center and throw U bowl
Continue with pinching

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Day 3:  Morning 9 am:

Antoinette:
Demonstrate glaze make-up 
 And spraying
Discuss recipes (provide samples)

​All Students
Spray glaze
Continue with all projects

​Antoinette: Discuss design and finish envelope

Lets pause for a moment and reflect

​Slide show, question and answer session and/or field trip

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Day 4:  Morning 9 am:

Wheel thrown porcelain bowl. Wateretched and translucent. Electric fired to ^10.

​Antoinette:
Demo: carving and water etching 
Build an envelope

All students: continue to finish and wrap up projects.

Day 4: Afternoon : 12.30 pm

Antoinette:
Demo: wide rimmed bowl and other pieces per request 
Finish envelope; demonstrate base

All students: finish projects

Day 5:  final wrap up

This final day normally takes on a life of its own
Packing of the kiln
Answer final questions
Handouts e-mail
Pack work for shipping back home

Have a safe trip home.