Hands, clay, time.
A one-person studio in Pune making slow, considered objects from stoneware. Each piece is thrown, trimmed, and glazed by Tripti — never in a hurry, never quite the same twice.
A room with a wheel and a window.
The studio sits above a small print shop off Bhandarkar Road. South light, two wheels, one slow kiln, and a long shelf for greenware.
How the work begins.
Most pieces start as a sketch on the back of a receipt — a curve, a height, a word. The shape is decided at the wheel; the proportions get re-decided three or four times during trimming. Glaze comes last, and is the thing most likely to surprise.
Nothing here is mass produced. A batch is six to twelve pieces. When a piece sells, that exact piece is gone — variations exist only as siblings, never copies.
Tripti.
Working in clay since 2017. Trained in industrial design, learned to throw on weekends, eventually let the weekends take over.
Throw. Wait. Trim. Wait. Glaze. Fire.
Stoneware takes its own time. A vase begins as a wedge of clay; it becomes a cylinder, then a shape, then sits under plastic for a day while moisture leaves. Trimming returns the piece to the wheel, upside-down, where the foot is cut. Bisque firing takes a day; glaze is brushed or dipped, then a second firing brings the surface to life. Two weeks from clay to shelf, on a good week.
By appointment, slow afternoons.
Studio visits are welcome on weekends, by appointment. A short note in advance is enough.
Write to the studiohello@elementworks.studio