Handbuilding Porcelain Dinnerware E-course
Contents of e-course
Week 1
- Introduction to class
- Making and using clay rulers to predict clay shrinking
- Microwave and dishwasher safety
- Glazing and firing porcelain considerations
- Forming a V-shape mug
- Forming a tall mug
- Forming a bellied mug
Week 2
- Design for easy cleaning
- Trimming the V-shape mug
- Design and attach the V-shape mug handle
- Trimming the bellied mug and attach a foot rim
- Shaping the tall mug and attach a suitable handle
- Make a serving tray
Week 3
- What makes a bowl a bowl
- Making a bowl from slabs
- Making a decorated salad bowl
- Making a double scalloped bowl
- Making a scalloped bowl
- Making a soup bowl
- Design and attach soup bowl handles (lugs)
- Odd shapes, rims and foot rims
Week 4
- Design a pitcher according to form, weight and size
- Making a cylinder pitcher
- Making a small belied pitcher
- Handle considerations
- Attach the small pitcher spout and handle
- An alternative spout and handle
- Examples of different spouts
Week 5
- Designing plates
- Making a round plate
- Making a square plate
- Making molds for plates
- Plate making techniques
Week 6
- Design salt and pepper shakers
- Bellied salt & pepper shakers
- Tall salt & pepper shakers
- Handmade decanters
- Making a stopper for the decanter
- Decanter spouts and handles
Antoinette teaches step by step how to create dinnerware by hand with close-up videos from different directions and instruction, so that the student have no doubt of what is going on on the other side of the picture. During this workshop she is available to answer questions, to evaluate the student progress. She hand out Reviews and a PDF with questions and answers from the students.