Learn more about the Secrets of Porcelain : How to work and build a relationship with this clay medium.

Working with porcelain clay may scare you in the beginning but once you've learned how  porcelain differs from other clay mediums, you will be hooked and really enjoy to work with it. 

A note from Antoinette:
During those early days of presenting workshops globally, my English language skills were still developing. Although I still occasionally struggle to find my words in English, my proficiency has improved significantly, which I am very grateful for. Growing up and even as a young adult, despite being exposed to English,  Afrikaans was our main language.  

Hand building porcelain can be as easy or as intricate as a potter wants to do it. Antoinette likes to use translucency in her sculpted porcelain bowls. She use any clay technique to create her ceramic art.

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

Orange press molded porcelain bowl, envelope formed on a wheel thrown pedestal.

Chartreuse green press molded porcelain bowl, envelope formed on a wheel thrown pedestal.

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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