Mita Pottery Studio is a handmade ceramics and teaching studio in Rakkar, a village near Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. Madhumita teaches every session. Pottery workshops with 2-hour sessions, bookable on any open day; monthly classes in wheel throwing, trimming and glazing; longer stays; and pieces made to order. Open to all ages from 5.

Handmade ceramics& a teaching studio.

Rakkar, Himachal Pradesh · by Madhumita

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A guest seated at the wheel, both hands closed around a spinning cylinder

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Ways into the studio

Come for an afternoon, or a month

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Close-up of leaf veins pressed into a slab of dark clay

Who it's for

First-timers, families and children from five who want to try clay

Two hours at the table or the wheel, guided by Madhumita, on any day the studio is open. Clay, tools and aprons are provided. Ages five and up.

Price From ₹750

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Hands centring clay on the wheel, seen from above

The teaching

How Mita teaches the wheel,one pair of hands at a time

Every session is hers. Small groups, her hands over yours until the clay centres.

Meet Madhumita

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This month's pieces

Made in Rakkar

Each piece is thrown or built by hand, trimmed and glazed by Madhumita. Glaze breaks differently on every one, so nothing on the shelf has a twin. Every piece is made to order.

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