Hands-on porcelain workshops in the USA
The next workshop will be presented in Antoinette's porcelain studio in Saltillo, Mississippi on March 3-9 2024
Antoinette has all the equipment needed to teach potters how to control porcelain (the Diva of clay) with hand-building as well as wheel-throwing projects. See details below.
She divided the workshop payments into 3 to allow you to spread the cost over the next 5 months. You can pay your workshop fees in 3 payments and use February and March to pay for travel and your stay in Tupelo Mississippi
Contact Antoinette if you have questions.
Antoinette has all the equipment needed to teach potters how to control porcelain (the Diva of clay) with hand-building as well as wheel-throwing projects. See details below.
She divided the workshop payments into 3 to allow you to spread the cost over the next 5 months. You can pay your workshop fees in 3 payments and use February and March to pay for travel and your stay in Tupelo Mississippi
Contact Antoinette if you have questions.
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Make one payment in full or pay for the hands-on workshop in 3 equal payments.
Studio and workshop arrangements ( available in PDF below)
Meet and greet: Sunday, March 3rd (5-30 pm -8.30 pm)
We start with an informal slideshow presentation and a discussion of porcelain/pottery in general. Antoinette would like to get to know you; please send her images of your work or bring a piece of pottery along. If you want for Antoinette to evaluate your pottery, it would be in a group setting, unless you state clearly to do so in private.
Supper will be served. Arrive at around 5-30 pm. Please inform Antoinette if you have a guest for supper, to make provision for enough food.
Proximate Porcelain workshop timeline:
Artists will begin with a basic pinching technique and then follow it up with either forming bowls on the wheel or forming it by hand. They will also have the option to form an oval vase, either in a press mold or by hand. Altering and carving will follow according to taste and timing.
Antoinette will lead with demonstrations and potters will follow the procedures.
By Wednesday night most of the making should be complete, but you will keep the work covered while altering and carving takes place.
There is an air conditioner in the studio that may influence the drying, so keep your work moist, but not wet. Do not allow for uneven drying or re-wetting.
Sunday:
General get to know each other ( through your pottery and otherwise)
Discuss the characteristics of porcelain
Slideshow
Monday:
Demonstrate a pinch pot.
All potters work along to get to know and understand the porcelain clay medium – this is especially important because your weather situations will affect how your clay dries and how you reinfuse water. This exercise will teach you to control the dryness of your clay until you are ready to let go. Remember the Diva has her own way!
I do recommend that you finish a few pinch pots, however, the pinch bowls should not keep you up; move on if needed.
There is a lot of pinching involved in all my work, even if it is wheel-thrown. The process will teach you a lot about how to alter porcelain.
Demo of wheel throwing: I will demonstrate a V-shape bowl and a U-shape bowl. These are the basics from which I begin my sculpted vessels. Pay attention to the design inside and outside. You do not want your objects to slump in the fire.
Practice these 2 forms and keep one of each to be trimmed on Tuesday.
Demo of hand building:
I will also demonstrate how to throw slabs. (discuss slabs) Hand-builders will make a V-bowl and/or a U-bowl and sculpted envelope and practice to make these into objects. Keep one of each. Slabs for the envelope sculpted bowl.
Tuesday:
Demo:
Porcelain tools/making and buying.
Trimming right side up.
Join and alter the envelope
First altering of bowls
Hand building
Students who want to hand-build will pay all their attention to slab building and pinching projects. The same V and U-bowl shapes that wheel throwers make, can be made and altered from slabs.
Hand building/wheel throwing
Prepare 2 slabs, no bigger than 40 cm ( about 16 inches). Cut 2 forms out, similar in size and form (10” or about 25cm). The rim side should not be wider than 6” ( 15cm) and the base side 4 “ (10cm) Allow it to dry just enough to stand when lifted to a curve. Cut a base 5x5 “ (13 x13 cm)
Wheel throwing checklist:
Keep your work covered
Keep practicing wheel-throwing
Prepare slabs
Begin trimming right-side up. ( afternoon)
Slabs ( if you wish to do this project)
Join slabs and pack away for Wednesday
Finish pinch bowls – if you wish.
Hand builders checklist:
Finish pinch bowls
Finish basic V and U shape bowls
Join the envelope elements and begin to alter.
Wednesday:
Demo: Altering and carving porcelain
Throw wide bowl
Review characteristics of porcelain
Hand builders and wheel throwers
Continue working on 2 bowls and the envelope vase. Altering and carving.
Your work is entering a critical period in which it may want to crack; make sure you have it well covered.
Thursday:
Demo: altering and carving
Question and answering.
All potters work on their projects simultaneously
Practice the various techniques.
Friday:
Discuss firing and glazing techniques
Throwing on request
Answer questions
We will visit another artist. TBA
Friday night all work goes into the bisque fire
Saturday
Pick-up bisqued work, final questions, and answers
Good buys.
Practice throughout the week:
Classes will be from 9-5 every day, with a break for lunch between 12-1 pm
The studio will close every night at 10 p.m. That will allow you to practice and work independently every night Monday-Thursday. It is required that there are AT LEAST 2 potters working. Antoinette will NOT be one of the two.
Food:
You are responsible for your own breakfast and dinner. A simple lunch will be provided (soup or stew) every day. Please make sure that Antoinette knows about allergies. Your guest is welcome to lunch, but please be sure to let us know.
The kitchen is available to prepare your own salad or a sandwich for supper, or if you decide to work in the evenings, you may want to go find food and take a break from the studio.
Friday, March 8th: The group will visit a local artist ( http://potterybyhelene.com/) after which we can decide on eating out.
Anyone that has special needs, please let Antoinette know so that she can be on the lookout for your needs.
Photographs and video clips:
You are allowed to take those. Please share it with me, since I use it for promotional purposes. If you share it on social media, please tag me.
Koos will also take images and video clips throughout the week. If anyone does not want to be included in the imaging, let him know upfront. If you stay silent I consider it as a confirmation from you that it is okay.
Boarding
Try to stay in a hotel either downtown Tupelo or on the northern side of Mainstreet. These hotels will bring you within 15 15-minute drive to Antoinettes’ studio in Saltillo in the heart of business.
Studio and workshop arrangements ( available in PDF below)
Meet and greet: Sunday, March 3rd (5-30 pm -8.30 pm)
We start with an informal slideshow presentation and a discussion of porcelain/pottery in general. Antoinette would like to get to know you; please send her images of your work or bring a piece of pottery along. If you want for Antoinette to evaluate your pottery, it would be in a group setting, unless you state clearly to do so in private.
Supper will be served. Arrive at around 5-30 pm. Please inform Antoinette if you have a guest for supper, to make provision for enough food.
Proximate Porcelain workshop timeline:
Artists will begin with a basic pinching technique and then follow it up with either forming bowls on the wheel or forming it by hand. They will also have the option to form an oval vase, either in a press mold or by hand. Altering and carving will follow according to taste and timing.
Antoinette will lead with demonstrations and potters will follow the procedures.
By Wednesday night most of the making should be complete, but you will keep the work covered while altering and carving takes place.
There is an air conditioner in the studio that may influence the drying, so keep your work moist, but not wet. Do not allow for uneven drying or re-wetting.
Sunday:
General get to know each other ( through your pottery and otherwise)
Discuss the characteristics of porcelain
Slideshow
Monday:
Demonstrate a pinch pot.
All potters work along to get to know and understand the porcelain clay medium – this is especially important because your weather situations will affect how your clay dries and how you reinfuse water. This exercise will teach you to control the dryness of your clay until you are ready to let go. Remember the Diva has her own way!
I do recommend that you finish a few pinch pots, however, the pinch bowls should not keep you up; move on if needed.
There is a lot of pinching involved in all my work, even if it is wheel-thrown. The process will teach you a lot about how to alter porcelain.
Demo of wheel throwing: I will demonstrate a V-shape bowl and a U-shape bowl. These are the basics from which I begin my sculpted vessels. Pay attention to the design inside and outside. You do not want your objects to slump in the fire.
Practice these 2 forms and keep one of each to be trimmed on Tuesday.
Demo of hand building:
I will also demonstrate how to throw slabs. (discuss slabs) Hand-builders will make a V-bowl and/or a U-bowl and sculpted envelope and practice to make these into objects. Keep one of each. Slabs for the envelope sculpted bowl.
Tuesday:
Demo:
Porcelain tools/making and buying.
Trimming right side up.
Join and alter the envelope
First altering of bowls
Hand building
Students who want to hand-build will pay all their attention to slab building and pinching projects. The same V and U-bowl shapes that wheel throwers make, can be made and altered from slabs.
Hand building/wheel throwing
Prepare 2 slabs, no bigger than 40 cm ( about 16 inches). Cut 2 forms out, similar in size and form (10” or about 25cm). The rim side should not be wider than 6” ( 15cm) and the base side 4 “ (10cm) Allow it to dry just enough to stand when lifted to a curve. Cut a base 5x5 “ (13 x13 cm)
Wheel throwing checklist:
Keep your work covered
Keep practicing wheel-throwing
Prepare slabs
Begin trimming right-side up. ( afternoon)
Slabs ( if you wish to do this project)
Join slabs and pack away for Wednesday
Finish pinch bowls – if you wish.
Hand builders checklist:
Finish pinch bowls
Finish basic V and U shape bowls
Join the envelope elements and begin to alter.
Wednesday:
Demo: Altering and carving porcelain
Throw wide bowl
Review characteristics of porcelain
Hand builders and wheel throwers
Continue working on 2 bowls and the envelope vase. Altering and carving.
Your work is entering a critical period in which it may want to crack; make sure you have it well covered.
Thursday:
Demo: altering and carving
Question and answering.
All potters work on their projects simultaneously
Practice the various techniques.
Friday:
Discuss firing and glazing techniques
Throwing on request
Answer questions
We will visit another artist. TBA
Friday night all work goes into the bisque fire
Saturday
Pick-up bisqued work, final questions, and answers
Good buys.
Practice throughout the week:
Classes will be from 9-5 every day, with a break for lunch between 12-1 pm
The studio will close every night at 10 p.m. That will allow you to practice and work independently every night Monday-Thursday. It is required that there are AT LEAST 2 potters working. Antoinette will NOT be one of the two.
Food:
You are responsible for your own breakfast and dinner. A simple lunch will be provided (soup or stew) every day. Please make sure that Antoinette knows about allergies. Your guest is welcome to lunch, but please be sure to let us know.
The kitchen is available to prepare your own salad or a sandwich for supper, or if you decide to work in the evenings, you may want to go find food and take a break from the studio.
Friday, March 8th: The group will visit a local artist ( http://potterybyhelene.com/) after which we can decide on eating out.
Anyone that has special needs, please let Antoinette know so that she can be on the lookout for your needs.
Photographs and video clips:
You are allowed to take those. Please share it with me, since I use it for promotional purposes. If you share it on social media, please tag me.
Koos will also take images and video clips throughout the week. If anyone does not want to be included in the imaging, let him know upfront. If you stay silent I consider it as a confirmation from you that it is okay.
Boarding
Try to stay in a hotel either downtown Tupelo or on the northern side of Mainstreet. These hotels will bring you within 15 15-minute drive to Antoinettes’ studio in Saltillo in the heart of business.
**All payments are non refundable. Make sure you can attend this workshop before you register**
Please scroll through the whole page to learn more nd if you still have questions Contact Antoinette
Please scroll through the whole page to learn more nd if you still have questions Contact Antoinette
Antoinette has traveled extensively in America to present workshops. She presented porcelain workshops to college students, art and craft institutions and private studios. She also presents arts integrated workshops to school children and other communities in Mississippi through the grants program of MAC. You can contact her to request a workshop. She schedules her programs 1-2 years ahead of time.
Porcelain potters in Antoinette's studio in Saltillo Mississippi
**Payment is final. No refunds**
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Saltillo is 4 miles north of Tupelo, Mississippi. There is a direct flight from Nashville airport to Tupelo Regional Airport with Contour. Rent-a-car facilities are available at the airport.
Camping facilities:
For folks who like to camp out, there are camping facilities about 3 miles away from the studio at Campgrounds at Barnes Crossing |
