Porcelain Demonstrations 
Antoinette Badenhorst

One day group demonstrations.

Antoinette demonstrates how to use the pottery wheel for porcelain clay. She also uses hand building techniques to explain how to alter, carve and manipulate the clay to get the best results.
Details:
  • Discuss the character of porcelain.
  • Morning: Wheel throwing and altering. 
  • Throw bowls
  • Trim bowl previously made
  • Alter already trimmed bowl
  • Finish and carve already altered bowl. 
  • Demonstrate large wide rimmed bowl – throw (before or after lunch)
Lunch
  • Alter large wide rimmed bowl already made. 
  • Hand build a teapot. 
Picture
A one day porcelain demonstration with a group of potters.
Antoinette normally have porcelain
work available on  display.

​Antoinette specializes in the following porcelain techniques: 

Wheel thrown and hand built translucent porcelain vessels.
Porcelain dinnerware: Wheel throwing and hand built.
Teapots: Wheel thrown and hand built

Demonstrations to the general public

Picture
Antoinette Badenhorst demonstrates how to make a porcelain bottle on the potters wheel.
Her workshops cover the following information: 
  • Characteristics of porcelain
  • Basic throwing
  • Basic hand building
  • Glazing and firing practices. 
She needs at least 1 day access to the studio and equipment ahead of a demonstration to prepare work. Her demonstrations are presented like a cooking show.
Picture
People are interested in the pottery process.
Picture
The story-line/narrative behind the porcelain sculpted vessels of Antoinette.
There are times when the general public benefit from pottery demonstrations. 
Antoinette adjust her demonstrations to suit the need of the specific group that she is working with. 
The foundation of all her demonstrations is working with clay. 
Many times Antoinette will use clay to describe her own approach to relationships, or business or problem solving. 
Other times she is strictly showing the clay process as knowledge enrichment to adults and children. ​
There are times when there is a need for inspirational or spiritual discussions. Antoinette is a potter, she is not a pastor or a psychologist, but her life and work encouraged many people in the past and when she creates her work, she always wonder how other people will see it. There are analogies in the clay process that is applicable to human life. 

Demonstrations to children and  schools​

Picture
Children learn about stoneware pottery and porcelain.
Picture
Children are getting ready to create pottery tiles.
It is necessary for the hosts to consult with Antoinette about the demonstrations that they are interested in. 

Demonstrations at art and craft shows

Picture
Presenting a short presentation of how I create my work and what the inspiration behind it is at the American Craft Exhibition.