Abu Dhabi Pottery Establishment is the capital’s first and oldest pottery studio, established in 1994. It is the perfect place for everything pottery related. Whether you’re looking for pottery and ceramics classes, pottery equipment and even repairs, they have it all!
My name is Homa Farley I moved to the UK when I was a teenager in order to study English. I met and married my husband Michael Farley and together we have two children Neusha who is also a potter living in Spain and Peter who lives in Los Angles.
Opened all the way back in 1994, arts institution Abu Dhabi Pottery continues to attract residents who want to express themselves with clay.
In the last 24 years, the organisation has been trying to keep this earliest forms of human artistic production alive.
I can’t say that pottery is something I have been fascinated with since I was a little girl. Arty has never been me. Drawing, painting, sketching, I am the master, or rather mistress, of none. Stick figures are as far as I can go.
Having been getting her hands dirty for 20 years, Abu Dhabi Pottery’s Homa Farley knows a thing or two about pots. Having been known to knock back up to seven cups of the stuff on a busy deadline day, Time Out Abu Dhabi’s David Clack knows a thing or two about coffee. Eager for a … Read more
Watching Homa Vafaie-Farley make a pot is a real treat; the Abu Dhabi potter, who has been in the business for 20 years, has transformed a blob of clay into a large, curvy work of art in no more than 10 minutes. “People always ask, ‘How long does it take you to make a pot?’ … Read more
We check out a pottery class in Abu Dhabi. More fun than we could ever have imagined ‘This is your body, your kidney and your rib,’ begins Homa Farley, the brains and talent behind Abu Dhabi Pottery. She stops and laughs out loud: ‘Anyone who overheard us in a pub would think we were up … Read more