Elaheh Amini

Elaheh Amini is an Iranian artist based in Melbourne and the founder of Elma Studio, with an academic background in Fine Arts (Painting). Her ceramic practice is an exploration of form, texture, and the dialogue between earth and fire. Rooted in a painter’s sensibility, she treats clay surfaces much like a canvas, layering gestures, textures, and glazes to create depth and rhythm. Clay becomes both medium and mark, carrying the memory of each touch and process.
Working primarily through hand-building, Elaheh creates sculptural vessels and objects that blur the line between functionality and artistic expression. Inspired by rocks, landscapes, birds, and organic patterns, her forms echo the irregularity, resilience, and quiet energy of the natural world.
Glaze experimentation is central to her practice. Subtle surfaces, layered tones, and unexpected transformations reveal both fragility and strength, mirroring the balance she seeks in her work. Each piece emerges slowly and intuitively, guided as much by the inherent qualities of clay as by her own hand.
Through these objects, Elaheh invites reflection and offers a tactile connection between maker, material, and viewer. Her practice is a celebration of clay’s transformative journey, where her background as a painter and her deep connection to nature converge in dialogue.