Antoinette Badenhorst
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Antoinette is a ceramic artist who specializes in porcelain. She was featured in more than 20 international publications. Her first book (Working with Porcelain) was published by the American Ceramic Society in 2018.
Born in South Africa, she started her pottery career over 40 years ago. In 1999 she emigrated to the USA with her family and received US citizenship with her extraordinary skills as an artist. Her ceramic studio is in Saltillo, Mississippi (@porcelainByAntoinette) Antoinette's career developed with formal and informal training workshops, self-development, and research. Since 2004 her focus shifted to high-fire translucent porcelain. She uses her own porcelain clay body and glazes for her signature translucent work. She exhibited in art shows in America, South Africa, and Japan. |
Antoinette presented hands-on workshops in South Africa, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Belgium, France and Spain. Her porcelain sculptures are exhibited in museums, private and public collections, as well as in the White House.
In 2014 Antoinette and her husband Koos started teaching porcelain online classes. Their success story led to the founding of TeachinArt, the online art school.
As she is mentoring potters from across the world in her private capacity, she is in a constant learning curve.
In 2014 Antoinette and her husband Koos started teaching porcelain online classes. Their success story led to the founding of TeachinArt, the online art school.
As she is mentoring potters from across the world in her private capacity, she is in a constant learning curve.
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Antoinette's online classes
Understanding porcelain (Learn how to control all aspects of porcelain) Porcelain handbuilding (How to hand build with porcelain clay) Wheel thrown porcelain dinnerware (Throw your own porcelain dinnerware) Handbuilding porcelain dinnerware (Build all the dinnerware by hand) Pinching teapots for beginners (Pinch a complete functional clay teapot) Wheel thrown teapots (Throw different functional teapots on the wheel) Glazing made easy (Introduction to the wonderful world of ceramic glazes) Handbuilding pottery for beginners (What is needed to become a potter) International workshops
October 2023 (5-day hands-on workshop in San Miguel, Mexico) March 2025 (two weeks hands-on workshop at LaMeridiana, Italy |
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Examples of Antoinette's work
What students say about Antoinette.
"She is just amazing! Very good teacher. I enjoy just seeing the way she enjoys teaching. Very generous with her knowledge and experience. I'm really grateful with her. A very important thing is that she offers helps during and after class." Ram Laar (Texas, USA)
"Antoinette Badenhorst is truly exceptional. Her expertise, passion, and ability to convey complex concepts make her an outstanding teacher. Antoinette's dedication to her students' success and her encouragement of creativity set her apart. Learning from her has been a transformative experience. I highly recommend taking a course with her." Anna Onar (Texas)
"I so enjoyed Antoinette! She's very engaging and knowledgeable." Cindy Blair (Louisiana, USA)
"Antoinette is a wonderful teacher as well as an amazing artist. She explains and demonstrates every detail in ways to make it easy to understand. Her smile is addictive and it's fun sharing her joy in her craft. I really appreciate being able to ask her questions. Thank you so much, Antoinette." Leanne Leslie (Florida, USA)
"Antoinette is a excellent teacher. Her delivery made me feel I was sitting right there in front of her." Carole Frederick (Virginia,USA)
"Antoinette is an excellent teacher. She is easy to understand and makes everything sound simple." Darshanandini Napal (Mauritius)
"Antoinette is very responsive and personable. Her answers were informative and thorough, always what I needed to know. She answered every question and more, and had encouraging words each step of the way. She is a very valuable and gifted resource. Antoinette is clearly an exemplary authority on the subject of porcelain. She logically covers the progression of the elements of porcelain, it's attributes, how to handle each stage of the process working with this 'diva', and finishing techniques and more. I can't imagine a more knowledgeable nor gracious and encouraging instructor." Nancy Overgaard (Washington. USA)
"Antoinette has a lovely, approachable, and playful tone to her teaching while staying professional. It makes her courses a lot of fun in addition to being packed full of practical info." Sandy Gaier (Indiana, USA)
"She is just amazing! Very good teacher. I enjoy just seeing the way she enjoys teaching. Very generous with her knowledge and experience. I'm really grateful with her. A very important thing is that she offers helps during and after class." Ram Laar (Texas, USA)
"Antoinette Badenhorst is truly exceptional. Her expertise, passion, and ability to convey complex concepts make her an outstanding teacher. Antoinette's dedication to her students' success and her encouragement of creativity set her apart. Learning from her has been a transformative experience. I highly recommend taking a course with her." Anna Onar (Texas)
"I so enjoyed Antoinette! She's very engaging and knowledgeable." Cindy Blair (Louisiana, USA)
"Antoinette is a wonderful teacher as well as an amazing artist. She explains and demonstrates every detail in ways to make it easy to understand. Her smile is addictive and it's fun sharing her joy in her craft. I really appreciate being able to ask her questions. Thank you so much, Antoinette." Leanne Leslie (Florida, USA)
"Antoinette is a excellent teacher. Her delivery made me feel I was sitting right there in front of her." Carole Frederick (Virginia,USA)
"Antoinette is an excellent teacher. She is easy to understand and makes everything sound simple." Darshanandini Napal (Mauritius)
"Antoinette is very responsive and personable. Her answers were informative and thorough, always what I needed to know. She answered every question and more, and had encouraging words each step of the way. She is a very valuable and gifted resource. Antoinette is clearly an exemplary authority on the subject of porcelain. She logically covers the progression of the elements of porcelain, it's attributes, how to handle each stage of the process working with this 'diva', and finishing techniques and more. I can't imagine a more knowledgeable nor gracious and encouraging instructor." Nancy Overgaard (Washington. USA)
"Antoinette has a lovely, approachable, and playful tone to her teaching while staying professional. It makes her courses a lot of fun in addition to being packed full of practical info." Sandy Gaier (Indiana, USA)