His girlfriend may have just walked the Anna Suit catwalk show at New York Fashion Week with one shoe, but it appears Zayn Malik was keen not to put a foot wrong when it came to tackling his latest creative endeavour last night.

Days after an interview with Fader magazine revealed the 24-year-old singer said he respected Hadid's BFF Taylor Swift ('I don't have a bad word to say about her. She's cool') the Bradford-born star appears to be taking his downtime quite seriously at the moment ahead of the release of his next album.

And what better way than to channel his creativity than with art, right?

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Last night, Gigi posted a photograph of her beau to Instagram Stories in which he can be seen wearing a white NASA-printed apron while tackling what appears to be a piece of clay.

With his sleeves rolled up to show off his numerous tattoos, the newly-shaven Zayn can be seen in deep concentration as he masters the piece of copper-coloured clay.

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Hadid captioned the snap 'a sculptor' with a rocket ship and painter emoji.

The scene is somewhat reminiscent of Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze's 1990 hit fantasy thriller, Ghost, in which Swayze's character can be seen helping Moore's make a pot.

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Well, if Zayn's pottery skills are anything like his talent for music, we're sure his watering jug/plant pot/mug/ash tray will turn out wonderfully.

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