UNDERSTANDING PORCELAIN
An Online Workshop with Antoinette Badenhorst
Porcelain doesn't have to be intimidating. Learn to understand the clay, control its movement, and create with greater confidence.
Whether you are making the transition from stoneware or earthenware, or already working with porcelain and want to push your skills further, this intensive online workshop takes you beyond simply learning techniques.
You'll learn the how—and, importantly, the why—behind working successfully with porcelain.
6 weeks of formal instruction + 4 additional weeks of video access
[PREVIEW THE CLASS & REGISTER AT TEACHINART]
Porcelain doesn't have to be intimidating. Learn to understand the clay, control its movement, and create with greater confidence.
Whether you are making the transition from stoneware or earthenware, or already working with porcelain and want to push your skills further, this intensive online workshop takes you beyond simply learning techniques.
You'll learn the how—and, importantly, the why—behind working successfully with porcelain.
6 weeks of formal instruction + 4 additional weeks of video access
[PREVIEW THE CLASS & REGISTER AT TEACHINART]
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
You'll continually return to the most important question:
Why does porcelain behave this way—and what can I do about it?
Why does porcelain behave this way—and what can I do about it?
WHY LEARN ABOUT PORCELAIN FROM ANTOINETTE?Porcelain has been at the center of Antoinette Badenhorst's artistic and teaching practice for decades.
Over years of working with porcelain, she has learned that successful porcelain work is not simply about following a technique. It begins with understanding the character of the clay—how it responds to pressure, movement, moisture, drying, heat, and time. That understanding is at the heart of Understanding Porcelain. Antoinette doesn't simply demonstrate what to do. She explains why it works, what can go wrong, and how to recognize and solve problems as they occur. The goal is not to make porcelain the way Antoinette does. The goal is to give you enough understanding and control to develop your own work. |
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WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Understanding Porcelain is designed for potters who already have basic pottery experience and want to develop a deeper understanding of porcelain.
This course is especially useful if you:
This course is especially useful if you:
- work with stoneware or earthenware and want to make the transition to porcelain;
- have tried porcelain but find it difficult to control;
- struggle with thin walls, cracking, slumping, drying, or firing;
- want to throw or handbuild more successfully with porcelain;
- already work with porcelain and want to push your skills further;
- want to understand why porcelain behaves differently rather than simply memorize techniques.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
WEEK 1 — UNDERSTAND PORCELAINDiscover where porcelain comes from and what makes it different from stoneware and earthenware. Learn about clay preparation, wedging, reclaiming, testing, and the fundamental characteristics of porcelain.
WEEK 2 — GET TO KNOW THE CLAYBegin developing sensitivity and control through pinching exercises. Learn how porcelain responds to pressure and how its drying stages affect your work.
WEEK 3 — THROW PORCELAINMove to the pottery wheel. Learn to center, open, shape, and control porcelain while exploring thin V-shaped and U-shaped forms and the relationship between technique and design.
WEEK 4 — TRIM & REFINELearn to trim porcelain at the right stage of dryness, work with appropriate tools, refine foot rims, and recognize and prevent common problems such as cracking and slumping.
WEEK 5 — DESIGN & DEVELOPExplore the aesthetic possibilities of porcelain. Learn how form, proportion, detail, decoration, and structural decisions influence the final result.
WEEK 6 — GLAZE & FIREBring the process together with glazing and firing. Learn about glaze application, kiln operation, firing schedules, kiln loading, support, and ways to prevent common firing problems.
WEEK 2 — GET TO KNOW THE CLAYBegin developing sensitivity and control through pinching exercises. Learn how porcelain responds to pressure and how its drying stages affect your work.
WEEK 3 — THROW PORCELAINMove to the pottery wheel. Learn to center, open, shape, and control porcelain while exploring thin V-shaped and U-shaped forms and the relationship between technique and design.
WEEK 4 — TRIM & REFINELearn to trim porcelain at the right stage of dryness, work with appropriate tools, refine foot rims, and recognize and prevent common problems such as cracking and slumping.
WEEK 5 — DESIGN & DEVELOPExplore the aesthetic possibilities of porcelain. Learn how form, proportion, detail, decoration, and structural decisions influence the final result.
WEEK 6 — GLAZE & FIREBring the process together with glazing and firing. Learn about glaze application, kiln operation, firing schedules, kiln loading, support, and ways to prevent common firing problems.
HOW THE ONLINE WORKSHOP WORKS
This is not a collection of videos that you watch once and forget.
The formal workshop runs for 6 weeks, followed by 4 additional weeks of access so you can review the demonstrations, practice in your own studio, and return to lessons when you need them.
You'll have:Close-up demonstrations
See Antoinette's hands, tools, clay, and techniques clearly.
Hands-on practice
Work along with the demonstrations in your own studio.
Direct access to Antoinette
Questions can be submitted by email during the course.
Supporting materials
PDF notes and course materials provide information you can return to after the workshop.
Time to practice
The additional viewing period gives you time to experiment and revisit lessons.
The course is presented through TeachinArt.com, the online School of Art founded by Antoinette and Koos Badenhorst.
[PREVIEW THE CLASS & REGISTER AT TEACHINART
The formal workshop runs for 6 weeks, followed by 4 additional weeks of access so you can review the demonstrations, practice in your own studio, and return to lessons when you need them.
You'll have:Close-up demonstrations
See Antoinette's hands, tools, clay, and techniques clearly.
Hands-on practice
Work along with the demonstrations in your own studio.
Direct access to Antoinette
Questions can be submitted by email during the course.
Supporting materials
PDF notes and course materials provide information you can return to after the workshop.
Time to practice
The additional viewing period gives you time to experiment and revisit lessons.
The course is presented through TeachinArt.com, the online School of Art founded by Antoinette and Koos Badenhorst.
[PREVIEW THE CLASS & REGISTER AT TEACHINART
TESTIMONIALS
Antoinette was very easy to follow. She gave clear directions and was very good about answering all questions. I have been a potter for more than forty years and was very impressed with her skills as a teacher and as a potter.
Lynda Harrington ( Canada)
Antoinette, I wanted to tell you that I had a moment of healing when I trimmed the inside of my porcelain bowl for the 1st time today
Evelyn Foreman (Hawaii)
Antoinette is a delightful, caring individual and an amazing ceramic artist. You will feel like she is your personal coach and friend during this course.
Cathy Hayden ( Pensilvania)
READY TO UNDERSTAND PORCELAIN?
f you are ready to move beyond frustration and begin working with porcelain with greater understanding and control, Understanding Porcelain will give you the knowledge, techniques, and confidence to take the next step.
6 weeks of formal online instruction+ 4 additional weeks of viewingTaught by Antoinette BadenhorstPresented through TeachinArt.com$249
[PREVIEW THE CLASS & REGISTER AT TEACHINART]
The course requires basic pottery experience and access to a pottery wheel, workspace, and kiln.
6 weeks of formal online instruction+ 4 additional weeks of viewingTaught by Antoinette BadenhorstPresented through TeachinArt.com$249
[PREVIEW THE CLASS & REGISTER AT TEACHINART]
The course requires basic pottery experience and access to a pottery wheel, workspace, and kiln.