Handbuilding porcelain dinnerware online workshop by Antoinette Badenhorst

Handbuilding porcelain dinnerware Jan 20 - Feb 28

$179.00

Preview e-course

Contents of handbuilding porcelain dinnerware

Week 1

Introduction and overview
Practical issues about dinnerware
The nature of porcelain
Making and using clay rulers to predict clay shrinking
Microwave and dishwasher safety
Glazing and firing porcelain considerations
Forming a V-shape mug
Forming a tall mug
Forming a bellied mug

Week 2

Design dinnerware for easy and effective cleaning
Trimming the V-shape mug
Design and attach the V-shape mug handle
Mug rims and foot rims
Review mug handle design
Shaping the tall mug and attach a suitable handle
Make a serving tray

Week 3

What makes a bowl a bowl
Making a bowl from slabs
Making a decorated salad bowl
Making a double scalloped bowl
Making a scalloped bowl
Making a soup bowl
Design and attach soup bowl handles (lugs)
Odd shapes, rims and foot rims

Week 4

Design a pitcher according to form, weight and size
Making a cylinder pitcher
Making a small belied pitcher
Handle considerations for pitchers
Attach the small pitcher spout and handle
An alternative spout and handle
Examples of different spouts

Week 5

Designing plates
Making a round plate
Making a square plate
Making molds for plates
Plate making techniques

Week 6

Design salt and pepper shakers
Bellied salt & pepper shakers
Tall salt & pepper shakers
Handmade decanters
Making a porcelain stopper for the decanter
Decanter spouts and handles

This is a six weeks hand build online workshop and you have a total of ten weeks for viewing of the videos.
This e-course is packed with information of how to make a complete porcelain dinner set (your own chinaware) by hand.
Antoinette shares her own dinnerware templates with students.

The videos show all the difficult processes close-up. When you completed this class, you should be able to make a full dinner set and with practice you will gain everything you need to know to become professional in making dinnerware by hand.
Microwave safety and dishwasher safety are included in the this class.

Registration policy

Who is the target audience for the Hand Building Porcelain Dinnerware?

This class is intended for potters who want to expand their knowledge of hand building porcelain and who want to hand build porcelain dinnerware.
Potters who already know the clay process from the first making all the way through firing. If you never touched clay before or worked with it many years before and do not remember details, we suggest you do a beginner class and get to know the basics of clay before you start any of our current classes. We do plan a complete beginner class in future, so we want to encourage you to get on our distribution list for further notice about such a class.
Our videos do not yet have written translation.

What do you need to do this e-course?

You must have access to a working table/space and a kiln.
You must have consistent access to a computer, iPad or iPhone or related technology.
You must have basic computer knowledge. (Although we will assist you with the viewing of the videos, we cannot teach you how to use a computer).
Your basic understanding of pottery should include the following:
You have wedged clay before, hand build and/or wheel thrown with any pottery clay body (Femo clay and cold porcelain does not qualify), glazed and fired the object or observed the firing process in an educational environment.
You should know some or more of the following terminology before you consider this class:
porcelain; stoneware; earthenware; wedging; glazing; firing; kiln; score; slip; bisque

This e-course will:

give you a better understanding of the character and possibilities of porcelain clay
show you how to hand build porcelain dinnerware step by step
help you to use the techniques for other clay bodies
help you to know more about glazing
help you to understand and control slabs
help you understand the firing techniques associated with porcelain
teach you what needs to be considered when making dinnerware.

What can I expect from the e-course?

Each week we will discuss, design and make one or more dinnerware objects.
This online class is all about projects. When you completed this class, you should be able to make a full dinner set and with practice you will gain everything you need to know to become professional in making dinnerware by hand. Please see the contents list.
There are certain details (microwave safety, dishwasher safety, understanding the form) that we discuss during this class that is not included in the wheel throwing dinnerware class. We want to encourage you to do the "Hand building Porcelain Dinnerware" e-course if you want to specialize in dinnerware.
“Dinnerware essentials” is a class in the making and will be presented somewhere in future.

REFUND POLICY

No refunding.
Submitting an online registration indicates your agreement with this policy.