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Category: Paint & SipLocation: WollongongListings: 2

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Around Wollongong, the create-and-sip night is done with clay rather than canvas. Two ceramics studios run social sessions where the drinks are BYO and everyone gets their hands dirty making something of their own.

Clay Wollongong is a community ceramics studio on Keira Street in the CBD. Its private Wine & Clay handbuilding sessions take groups of 10 to 40, with BYO drinks and nibbles, and its wheel-throwing taster parties guide 8 to 12 people from a first lump of clay to a finished piece. It also runs kids clay parties for 6 to 16 children aged 4 and up, with every piece glazed and fired by the studio. Prices start from $50 per person.

Soul Clay Studios is a purpose-built pottery studio in Gerringong. It hosts private pottery sessions for hens parties, birthdays and work groups, and its Friday Night Clay Date is a two-hour BYO wine session with light refreshments supplied. The studio shop stocks handmade ceramics by more than 15 resident artists, and visitors are welcome to watch them at work.

Things to settle before you book:

  • Handbuilding or the wheel – Clay Wollongong offers both formats
  • Group size – 10 to 40 for Wine & Clay, 8 to 12 for wheel-throwing parties
  • Location – the CBD studio on Keira Street or the Gerringong studio on Rowlins Road
  • Who's coming – Clay Wollongong also caters for children's parties

A clay session makes a relaxed bridal shower or a low-key hens party activity.

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Two studios side by side

  • Clay Wollongong – Keira Street in the CBD, handbuilding and wheel-throwing
  • Soul Clay Studios – Gerringong, purpose-built, private sessions and Friday clay nights
  • Both welcome BYO drinks

What the studios provide

  • Glazing and firing of every piece at Clay Wollongong's kids parties
  • Light refreshments at Soul Clay's Friday Night Clay Date
  • Step-by-step guidance from first lump to finished piece at wheel parties
  • A shop of work by more than 15 resident artists at Soul Clay

Occasions that suit clay

  • Bridal showers and hens parties at both studios
  • Work team building and Christmas parties
  • 30th to 50th birthdays at Soul Clay Studios
  • Farewells and children's parties at Clay Wollongong

Before You Book: Paint & Sip FAQs

Do Wollongong's sip-and-create sessions use paint or clay?

Clay. Clay Wollongong and Soul Clay Studios both run social pottery sessions where groups bring their own drinks.

Can I bring wine to a pottery session?

Yes. Clay Wollongong's Wine & Clay sessions are BYO drinks and nibbles, and Soul Clay Studios' Friday Night Clay Date is a BYO wine session.

How many people can join a Wine & Clay session?

Clay Wollongong's private Wine & Clay handbuilding sessions take groups of 10 to 40. Its wheel-throwing taster parties suit 8 to 12 people.

Is there a pottery party option for kids?

Clay Wollongong runs kids clay parties for 6 to 16 children aged 4 and up, and the studio glazes and fires every piece.

What is the Friday Night Clay Date?

A two-hour BYO wine pottery session at Soul Clay Studios in Gerringong, with light refreshments supplied.

Which clay studio is closer to Kiama?

Soul Clay Studios is in Gerringong, in the Kiama & Gerringong area. Clay Wollongong is on Keira Street in the Wollongong CBD.