Handmade in Khurja

The soul of soil, spun into stillness.

Unglazed river clay, thrown by hand and slow-fired for 48 hours.

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Bhagona, kadhai and handi with their lids

Handi · 2.5 L · ₹1,390

Dal that tastes of the earth.

Slow-fired for 48 hours. Even heat keeps every flavour in.

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Clay handi with its lid tilted open

Kadhai · 3 L · ₹1,440

Wide, shallow, patient.

Made for sabzi that cooks slowly and evenly.

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Clay kadhai with its lid tilted open

Bhagona · 4 L · ₹1,800

Slow food, slower fire.

A deep, lidded pot for the whole family's dal and rice.

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Clay bhagona seen from above

The full shelf

Every piece, one wheel.

Cookware and serveware, all from one family of potters.

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Bhagona, kadhai and handi

Catalogue 2026

Start a clay kitchen, piece by piece.

Seven pieces for cooking and serving.

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Clay handi

The cookware set

Cook the whole meal in clay.

Dal, sabzi and rice, slow and even on a low flame.

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Bhagona, kadhai and handi
Handmade in Khurja

Seven pieces. One wheel.

Pick a piece to see it up close. Each one is thrown by hand from lab-tested river clay and fired for 48 hours.

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Handi
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Cookware

Handi

Dal that tastes of the earth

  • Even, gentle heat on a low flame
  • Season once before the first cook
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earth born✦seven generations✦no moulds✦no machines✦
River clay●Wood fired●Hand thrown●Slow made●
Our belief

Every pot begins as river clayin a potter’s hands — and ends asa quiet object that keeps yourwater cool and your food honest.

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Potter's hands shaping clay on the wheel
“The wheel remembers what the hand forgets.”

— the craft

Seven generations, one wheel.

We work with a single family of potters in Khurja, whose ancestors have thrown pots on the same wheel for over 180 years. No moulds. No machines. Only clay, water, fire, and time.

180+
years of craft
12
master potters
48h
of slow firing

Four elements, one vessel.

from riverbank to your kitchen

  1. 01

    Earth

    River clay, cleaned and kneaded until it is soft and even.

  2. 02

    Water

    Thrown on the wheel by wet hands — no moulds, no machines.

  3. 03

    Fire

    Forty-eight hours in a slow wood kiln.

  4. 04

    Time

    Dried under sky, then checked and packed by hand for its journey to you.

Why clay

What your grandmother already knew.

Water poured from a clay bottle into a kulhad

Naturally cool

Porous walls breathe, so water cools as it evaporates — no fridge needed.

Close-up of raw red clay

Rich in minerals

Gently alkaline

Clay balances acidic water and food, the slow way.

A meal cooked in clay

Food that keeps its nutrients

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get your hands muddy

Sit at the wheel.

Pottery workshops at the studio. Centre the clay, pull your first wall, and take home a piece you made.

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A student shaping a small bowl on the wheel
Our story

Seven generations,
one wheel.

We work with a single family of potters in Khurja, who have thrown clay on one wheel for over 180 years.

Every Mudkraft piece begins as unglazed river clay and is shaped entirely by hand: no moulds, no machines. Each handi, kadhai and bhagona carries the marks of the potter who made it.

Then it is fired slowly, over 48 hours, so it is ready for years of everyday cooking.

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Rows of freshly thrown clay pots drying on the studio floor
Freshly thrown pots drying before firing.
Generations
7
Years at the wheel
180+
Master potters
12
Slow firing
48 h

From river to table

  1. 01

    Source

    Unglazed river clay from a Ganges tributary, dug 1.8–2.4 m below the topsoil and prepared by hand.

  2. 02

    Throw

    Shaped on the wheel by one of twelve master potters. No moulds, no machines.

  3. 03

    Finish

    Lids and rims fitted and refined by hand, so every handi closes snugly.

  4. 04

    Fire

    48 hours in a wood kiln at 920–1040 °C. Slow heat makes a stronger pot.

“Mudkraftis the craft of earth in your hands. We think of every home that keeps our clay as another quiet birth — of stillness, of ritual, of a slower way to hold what matters.”

— Ananya, founder

Handmade in Khurja, India · A slow craft studio from the banks of the Ganges

From the studio

Watch the wheel turn.

Shaping River Clay by Hand — On the Potter's Wheel at Mudkraft
25 July 2026
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Letters from the kiln.

A quiet note once a month — new pieces, small essays on craft, and the occasional invitation to the studio.