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Silky Shapes
Silky Shapes12+ years in pottery
location_on Willoughby, Sydney
local_activity Classes: Wheel Throwing • Pottery • Products
Silky Shapes Studio is a beautiful light-filled creative space for learning and practising pottery and ceramics. We provide regular pottery classes for beginners and experienced potters. We offer a variety of masterclasses that will help you to hone your skills and knowledge in ceramics. We also host pottery corporate events, hens, birthdays and private celebrations at our venue.
Classes
Date Night Clay and Sip Pottery Class
4.9 (122)
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 14 guests
$95
Wine and Clay Beginner's Wheel Throwing Class
4.9 (52)
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 14 guests
$95
3 Week Beginner's Wheel Throwing Course
4.9 (55)
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 30 guests
$240
Pottery Painting Workshop
5.0 (6)
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 30 guests
$85
Ceramic House Workshop
5.0 (6)
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 30 guests
$95
Clay and Sip Class: Hand Building with Wine
5.0 (4)
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 30 guests
$95
Nerikomi Pottery Masterclass
5.0 (8)
Only 2 dates left
Willoughby
1 to 30 guests
$220
Dinnerware Making Workshop
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 30 guests
$180
After School 10-17 Years Old Wheel Throwing Course
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 6 guests
$300
Teapot and Two Cups Throwing Workshop
Your choice of time
Willoughby
1 to 14 guests
$250
Handbuilding 5 Weeks Course
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 30 guests
$350
Kurinuki Workshop
Your choice of time
Willoughby
1 to 50 guests
$150
School Holiday Wheel Throwing Pottery Class
5.0 (10)
10+ years & Adults
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 14 guests
$95
6 Weeks Beginners Wheel Throwing Course
5.0 (3)
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 6 guests
$480
8 Week Beginners Wheel Throwing Course
5.0 (3)
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 14 guests
$560
Four Weeks Intermediate Wheel Throwing Course
Only 1 date left
Willoughby
1 to 13 guests
$380
Clay Christmas Decorations Workshop
5.0 (1)
Runs regularly
Willoughby
1 to 40 guests
$95
Pottery Class for Private Groups
5.0 (2)
Your choice of time
Willoughby
6 to 30 guests
$85 - $99
Ceramic Surface Decoration Masterclass
5.0 (2)
Your choice of time
Willoughby
6 to 30 guests
$150
Clay Handbuilding Masterclass
5.0 (1)
Your choice of time
Willoughby
6 to 30 guests
$150
Torso Vase Handbuilding Class
Your choice of time
Willoughby
6 to 30 guests
$99
Ceramic Pomegranate Making Class
Your choice of time
Willoughby
6 to 50 guests
$99
Meet Silky Shapes
Yegana Jafarova’s love for pottery began at a casual workshop over a decade ago. Once she took up regular weeknight classes, the pottery studio swiftly became a mindful retreat from her job as an Environmental Scientist. Today, making and teaching pottery is not only her full-time job but her biggest passion.
Eager to share her knowledge and excitement with others, Yegana founded Silky Shapes in 2015, a welcoming space for beginners to sink their hands into clay. For those who find the craft infectious—just as she did way back when—Yegana nurtures a strong community of returning clay enthusiasts. So whether you come back to switch off, connect with others or improve your skills, Silky Shapes always has an open door.
Tucked away on Pentice Lane, just off Willoughby Road in Sydney's Lower North Shore, you’ll step inside a spacious, light-filled pottery studio—the ultimate hub for learning how to make your own ceramics. With shelves packed full of colourful, quirky student creations and some of Yegana’s unique sculptural pieces on display too, you won’t be short of inspiration. In fact, it might just spark your new favourite hobby!
I first fell in love with pottery…
“17 years ago when I started it as a hobby. It was only a one-night-a-week class back then but gradually my love for pottery grew and in the last eight years I’ve switched to full-time making and teaching.”
Silky Shapes is an ode to…
“My love for silk scarves made in my home country, Azerbaijan. I also love making with porcelain clay, which is as smooth as silk and these pieces look like the delicate folds of these silk scarves but they hold their shape forever.”
My top tip for pottery first-timers is…
“To try and let yourself be a beginner and just enjoy the process. When you’re starting out, you don’t have as much control over the outcome, and if you don't worry about the end result then you are just enjoying playing with clay. In the end, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to take home this beautiful by-product of your playtime!”
Hand building or wheel throwing?
“Both of these techniques can be very enjoyable and productive, so it comes down to personal preference. You will get more symmetrical work with the wheel, and although you can make symmetrical pieces with hand building too, you can also take advantage of the freedom of expression that hand-building gives you and make asymmetrical and abstract work.”
Working with clay will make you feel…
“In the moment. The process makes everyone focus on their hands and as a result, everything else that you normally think about kind of dissipates. Everyone meditates and becomes mindful and present when they work with clay without even trying.”
You will leave my classes with…
“Life lessons not just pottery techniques! Yes, as a beginner you will learn how to throw, trim and glaze pottery, but you will also learn patience, the art of slowing down and how to remain present and focused. Plus, you’ll learn that pottery is a lifelong process and there is always something new to learn.”
Come to my studio and you might…
“Find your people! We have lots of beautiful groups forming because usually people end up coming back to the studio at the same time of the week, and they regularly meet and get to know other like-minded creatives. They share ideas and give each other feedback and motivation. There is so much clay inspiration flying around but also friendships are forming, meals are shared, and we go on clay vacations to do classes and attend conferences together.”
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