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Antoinette's International workshops

Antoinette presented hands-on porcelain workshops in the following countries in Europe (France, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Slovenia), different provinces in Canada (Sasketchawan, Ontario), as well as provinces in South Arica (Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape)

Scheduled international workshops

October 16 - 20, 2023, San Miguel de Allende Ceramic workshops in Mexico
Antoinette is scheduled to present a 5-day porcelain hands-on workshop in San Miguel, Mexico.
Workshop fee: $780 USD.

Antoinette starts her workshops with an explanation of why porcelain is different from any other clay body and she lets potters get a feel of porcelain before they get seriously into the making. Potters have a choice of whether they want to only hand-build or throw on the wheel or do both. In the end, everyone makes translucent objects, pushing the limits of the clay by altering the forms. In the process, they push their own abilities.

Slumping and cracking of porcelain in the kiln are the main failures potters may experience with the Diva and that is mostly because of bad design or a lack of knowledge of how to design and fire porcelain.
We will pay special attention to the correct firing methods for porcelain.

March 2025, La Meridiana in Italy
Antoinette is schedule for another 2-week hands-on workshop in Tuscany Italy.
Slovenia TBA.
More European workshops TBA

Past international workshops

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop at LaMeridiana in Certaldo, Firenze, Italy in May 2022. Potters learned how to use the Diva of clay (porcelain) for the wheel throwing and hand building clay projects that were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop at LaMeridiana in Certaldo, Firenze, Italy in April 2018. Potters learned how to use porcelain, the Diva of clay. Wheel throwing and hand building clay projects were included in the pottery class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop at Lehmhuus AG in Aesch, Switzerland in April 2018. Wheel throwing and hand building clay projects were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop at ElTorn in Barcelona, Spain in August 2016. Potters learned how to use the Diva of clay (porcelain) for the wheel throwing and hand building clay projects that were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop at Cromsa in Vallauris, France in July 2016. It was at the same time as the Bienalle. Wheel throwing and handbuilding clay projects were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop to potters in Duffel, Belgium in July 2016. Wheel throwing and hand building clay projects were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented shared secrets of porcelain and understanding porcelain workshop in Kamnik, Slovenia in July 2016. The Swiss Alps gave good inspiration for the wheel throwing and hand building clay projects were that were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop at the the Ecovillage Torri Superiore in Ventimiglia, Italy in June 2016. Wheel throwing and hand building clay projects were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop at Lehmhuus AG in Aesch, Switzerland in June 2016. Lehmhuus is close to Basel and one of the greatest pottery suppliers in Europe. Wheel throwing and handbuilding clay projects were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop at the London Potters Guild in London, Ontario, Canada in September 2014. Wheel throwing and handbuilding clay projects were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain 5-day hands-on workshop at the Bryanston Pottery Studio in Bryanston, South Africa. Potters for Ceramics Southern Africa in the Gauteng province attended the 5-day in-person workshop in July 2014. Wheel throwing and handbuilding clay projects were included in this ceramics class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop for Ceramics Southern Africa and the East Cape potters in Port Elizabeth South Africa in June 2014. Hand buildin and wheel throwing clay projects were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop for the Cape Town and Western Cape potters in Bellville, South Africa in June 2014. She presented wheel throwing and handbuilding clay projects during the 5-day hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop at the Moose Jaw Museum of Art to the Potters Guild in Moose Jaw, Canada in April 2014. Wheel throwing and hand building clay projects were included in the hands-on class.

Antoinette Badenhorst presented an Understanding porcelain workshop at the Saskatoon Potters Guild in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada in March 2014. Wheel throwing and hand building clay projects were included in the hands-on class.