Online art workshops
Our classes are pre-recorded workshops. The videographer was the only student in the class. The videos show details of techniques from different angles and zoom into actions to give each student a front row seat in the class. We convert a 5-days in-person workshop to a 6-weeks online class and students have 4 additional weeks for reviewing. Shorter time frame classes are available.
Our instructors are professional and established artists who are available to answer questions and assist students in the execution of the projects.
Our instructors are professional and established artists who are available to answer questions and assist students in the execution of the projects.
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Ceramic online classes
Wheel throwing workshops
- Understanding Porcelain is the introduction class to porcelain. Potters will learn the character of porcelain clay and will see how to push the Diva of clay (porcelain) to the limits. Whether you are left-handed or right-handed, you will learn the skills needed on the pottery wheel.
- In the Porcelain Tips For Wheel Pottery, David Voorhees teaches potters the techniques that he used for over 40 years. He demonstrates how to throw big urns, wide plates, lidded jars and many more. This class is loaded with tips for the porcelain potter.
- Take Wheel Throwing To The Next Level with Nan Rothwell is for ceramic artists who wants to proceed with wheel throwing and who need a lot of challenging projects. Nan starts from basic throwing techniques and takes potters into more difficult wheel skills. She shows how to use faceting with wiggle-wires and even shows how to wire the beautiful lamps that she makes during the workshop.
- The Faceted Teapot Sets workshop by Connie Christensen takes potters who enjoy teapots into the world of faceting. She uses wiggle-wires to decorate the teapots, cups, sugar bowls and milk jugs. She also teaches potters how to make fitting cane handles for the teapots. No teapot set is complete without a lovely tray to serve the tea to clients or friends. Glazing tips are included.
- Wheel Thrown Porcelain Dinnerware by Antoinette Badenhorst is a great hit for potters who want to move into the more expensive dinnerware market. Some of her students have already signed contracts with restaurants. Ceramic artists will learn how to throw thin translucent porcelain mugs, casseroles, different bowls, salt & pepper shakers, decanters, tumblers and more. Potters will learn about kitchenware glazing and firing considerations.
- In the Wheel Thrown Teapots online class, Antoinette Badenhorst uses stoneware clay to throw two different kinds of teapots on the wheel. She explains in detail the elements of a teapots and teaches potters safety rules for elder teapot users and touch on teapot collector criteria.
Handbuilding workshops for potters
- Pottery handbuilding by Antoinette Badenhorst is focused on the beginner potter, but is also a great class for the new pottery teachers who need a structured teaching method or just ideas of what to include in ceramic teaching.
- With the Colored Clay online class, Curtis Benzle takes potters into the wonderful world of Neriage and Nerikomi. He shares his own porcelain recipes with students and teach them how he makes his lovely translucent porcelain bowls.
- The Handbuilding Porcelain Dinnerware online class by Antoinette Badenhorst is for potters who do not want to work on the wheel. Potters will learn how to make porcelain dinnerware by hand. Antoinette shares her dinnerware templates with the porcelain students and help them make professional porcelain dinnerware that will sometimes be difficult to distinguish if it was wheel thrown or hand built.
- Pinching Teapots For Beginners, is not just for beginners, but for all potters. Pinching is not just for beginners, but a great beginning for pottery. Antoinette Badenhorst teaches ceramic artists how to "grow eyeballs of their fingertips". Those skills will help to judge the thickness of any clay wall. This is a very good introduction class for all potters.
Glazing and firing online classes
- Alternative firing with Marcia Selsor includes Raku, ceramic saggar as well as foil saggar firings, and the interesting obvara firing. Marcia touches on crackle surfaces and finger trailing, decorating with terra sigillata, and a little bit of information on soluble salts. She shows how to make a portable raku kiln that she uses for all the firing in the workshop.
- Shino Glazing with Connie Christensen is focused on the shino glazing enthusiast. Shino recipes mixing, and specifically the drying process is discussed in detail. Packing and firing the gas kiln is shown in detail and all the results as discussed and explained as she takes each item out of the fired kiln.
- Glazing Made Easy with Antoinette Badenhorst is for potters who want to learn about glazes and improve glazes if you are a young potter. Lynn Barnwell discuss in detail commercial glazes and show potters what to buy if they want to go into functional ware.
- Glazing with Ron Roy is for potters who want to make their own glazes and are serious about solving difficult glazing problems. Glaze calculations are easy if you use the tools provided and showed in this class. Ron is the co-author of Mastering Cone 6 Glazes.
Painting on clay
- In the China Painting online class, Paul Lewing shows how to design and paint porcelain tiles. He is the author of the book China Paint & Overglazes. Paul discuss the different brushes and mediums to use for getting the best results even on a porcelain bowl.
- Post-fired Finishes is an online class presented by the late Marie EVB Gibbons. She made her own clay sculptures, and used acrylic paints to get all the special decorating results that made her well known.
Woodworking online class
- Introduction To Segmenting with Bob Rundquist is a a must do for any woodworker who wants to get into wood segmenting. Bob shares his blue print template with the students, so they do not need any software to work out the angles needed for the segments. If you follow his suggestions, you will be able to make any bowl, small or large. He shares cutting tips, shows the best ways to glue the segments, and explains how to do the turning on the lathe. The closing is the decorating and preserving of the wood.
Making a living as an artist
- The AAMAL (All Artists Making A Living) online class with Curtis Benzle is focused on artists who are not making enough money as artist, or the young artist who wants to be successful with art as a career. He shares several success stories and helps artists to understand more about product development, marketing and promotion, planning and executing an art business. Curt shares his experiences of shows and galleries, tax and financials, and teaching as an artist.
Online porcelain workshops
$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
Curtis Benzle takes his art students into the challenging world of colored clay, and shows them how to do neriage, nerikomi and mishima. Curt shares his Benzle porcelain with students and helps them in getting translucent bowls.
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$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
If you understand the character of porcelain clay, then you will be able to alter and carve and get the best out of the porcelain - the Diva of clay. This is a detailed online class with wheel throwing and handbuilding included by Antoinette Badenhorst.
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$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
Antoinette Badenhorst shows several porcelain hand build techniques and help students to push themselves and the clay to the limit.
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$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
David Voorhees has over 40 year of ceramic experience and shares tips and techniques in throwing porcelain on the wheel. Ceramic artists will learn different decorating techniques and will under his guidance do several challenging projects.
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$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
Porcelain dinnerware is also called chinaware. Antoinette shows how to throw different fine art porcelain dinner set pieces in this online class. It is packed with information and opens the door to new fields for any potter who wants to supply quality dinnerware to chefs and restaurants.
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$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
Potters who not like the pottery wheel, or those who enjoy handbuilding more, there is a way how they can make excellent porcelain dinnerware without throwing skills on the wheel. Antoinette shares her own templates with students and shows hand built dinnerware that looks like wheel thrown dinnerware.
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Earthenware and Stoneware workshops
$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
There are always projects that challenge artists, and Nan Rothwell is using this motivation to bring several difficult throwing skills into the projects included in this online throwing class.
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$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
Handbuiding pottery is a great class if you want to get into ceramics. It explains clay, decorating, glazing and firing and helps students with questions of how to set-up a pottery studio. Antoinette shares her real live examples with potters.
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$35 (1 week class + 2 weeks reviewing)
Pinching teapots for beginner is a great starting place for potters. Pinching skills help to prevent clay faults with thick walls and cracks. Teapots are fun to make, enjoyable to use, and challenging to collect. Pinching clay is not only for beginners, but is a good place to start for any pottery project.
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Decorating, glazing and firing
$229 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
Antoinette Badenhorst teaches potters all the basics about glazing. She is assisted by Lynn Barnwell, owner of Hinkle Creek Potteries who explains every thing needed to know about commercial glazes for the studio potter.
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$135 (4 weeks class + 2 weeks reviewing)
In the Shino glazing class, Connie Christensen shares shino recipes and shows students how she decorates her pots to get the best colors in the gas kiln.
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$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
Marcia Selsor demonstrates how to build a portable raku kiln, and explains and teaches how to do obvara, raku, and saggar firings.
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$229 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
Ron Roy, co-author of "Mastering Cone 6 Glazes" explains the wonderful world of glaze calculations with students. Learn how to create successful glazes and even porcelain clay.
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Painting workshops
Marie EVB Gibbons is our sculpture and painting artist who shows students how to paint with acrylics on clay. The class is called post-fired finishes, but this decorating style is also known as cold finishes.
$229 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
Paul Lewing brings his fine art students into the colorful world of china painting. He shows how to make big murals, paintings and back splashes with porcelain tiles, and also shows how easy it is to paint on bowls. Learn about mediums and gums, lusters and paste, crayons and decals, oriental sumi painting and silk screening.
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$155 (4 weeks class + 2 weeks reviewing)
Although Marie EVB Gibbons past away, her legacy and teachings go on. She explained how to do black washing for achieving great textures and emotions, and round it off with her individual style of mix and match painting with acrylics. Meet and mingle with her former students and learn from them as well.
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Workshops for woodworkers
$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
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Business workshop for artists
$189 (6 weeks class + 4 weeks reviewing)
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