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 almost 40 years ago.  In 1999 she emigrated to the USA with her family and received US citizenship with her extraordinary skills as an artist.

Antoinette's career developed with formal and informal training workshops, self-development and research. She was early in her career interested in porcelain Since 2004 her focus shifted to high fire translucent porcelain and recently she developed her own porcelain clay body.

Through extensive research and experimenting in clay and glazes, she accelerated as a successful porcelain artist. She exhibited in art shows in America, South Africa and Japan.
Antoinette presented hands-on workshops in South Africa, the USA, Canada, 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 lead 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.
"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." Nancy (WA)

Examples of Antoinette's work