flowers by Sumathi Madhav

Miniatures of owls and penguins, house-shaped planters, Christmas decorations, appetiser platters, teapots and kulhads…this weekend, get your fix of all things clay at the Studio Potters Market.

The fourth edition of the market brings together 22 studio (artistes doing it on a small scale) potters and gives them space to sell their creations. "We started off with the aim to promote ceramics as an art form. Many studio potters work out of their homes and don’t have an outlet to display or sell their wares," says Sumathi Madhav, a potter who sells her products under the label, CrEarth-Creations in Earth.


A decor piece by Parveen Kaur Thakur

Madhav is part of a group of 15 city potters who started this event four years back. They try and bring in ten new potters every year. On display will be different styles of pottery and a variety of products — utility items, home décor and miniatures. "Typically, people imagine that pottery is only about creating products using the wheel. But we build our products by hand and they’re not limited to just pots," she adds. Madhav will display her nature-inspired handpainted appetiser platters, bowls and ceramic flowers.

Other works to look out for at the event include Veena Singh’s Nerikomi and Neriage (a Japanese decorative process) products, tea pots and mugs by Tejashree Sagvekar, and terracotta and stoneware clay vases from Manasvi Mhatre. Through the day, there will also be demos and workshops at a potter’s wheel, which will be conducted by production potter Srikant Pardeshi.