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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 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. 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. |
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International workshops
April 10-14 2023 San Miguel, Mexico September 2024 La Meridiana, Italy |
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.
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.
Examples of Antoinette's work
Student review
"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)
"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)