Antoinette shares some of her porcelain secrets in this behind-the-scenes look at one of her first porcelain workshops in Canada. She shows how you can take a leather-hard porcelain bowl and safely bring it back to a soft, workable state—then reshape or sculpt it into a beautiful new form.
You’ll see how she creates a press mold and turns it into a bowl, while explaining why it’s important for potters to truly understand porcelain as a material and build a relationship with it.
Antoinette likes to call porcelain a “diva” 😄 because it has its own personality and needs to be handled with care. She even touches on the history of porcelain to help explain its unique characteristics.
The video features highlights from her hands-on workshop, where she teaches both handbuilding and wheel-throwing techniques. Since that first workshop, Antoinette has gone on to teach porcelain classes around the world

Antoinette's porcelain classes whether it is online or hands-on is loaded with explanations and tips and is suitable for beginner to advanced potters.  She provides a variety of porcelain tips and compare them with regular pottery techniques. Her workshops are normally a mix between wheel throwing and hand building techniques. See Antoinettes Ceramic Workshops

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Knowing Curt Benzle has been a blessing in many ways. Not only is his work inspirational in nature, but as a person, his insight into the art business is encouraging. 
As a college professor, he realized that students need more than art education to become successful. Therefore, over a period of 20 years, he developed a course to help get students knowledge of how to be successful in the art of business. All Artists Making A Living (AAMAL) is now available as a 10-week online class at TeachinArt.
Listen to the stories from his days as a young artist, finding his way with porcelain, becoming an artist, and seeing his work in the library of the Whitehouse. ​

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Porcelain has long had the reputation of being a difficult clay body to work with. Much of this reputation comes not from forming the clay, but from understanding the firing process. Porcelain responds very specifically to heat and temperature, kiln design, glaze fit, and especially to the way it cools after firing.
By understanding the relationship between raw materials, firing temperature, and cooling cycles, potters can make informed decisions about kilns, clay bodies, and firing schedules that lead to strong and reliable porcelain work.
Now that we have to established the concept of porcelain and the distinctions between high-firing and low-firing types, and how to determine the appropriate kiln for your studio needs.

Working successfully with porcelain requires understanding more than just the clay itself. Firing temperature, glaze fit, cooling cycles, and kiln design all play critical roles in the strength and durability of the finished piece.
When potters respect porcelain’s need for controlled heating and especially slow cooling, they unlock the remarkable qualities that have made porcelain one of the most admired ceramic materials in history.