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A handmade terracotta cup of steaming tea resting on its saucer on a sunlit wooden table.

Handcrafted terracotta tableware

Made by hand.
Made to be kept.

Mrittika creates terracotta tableware shaped and carved by artisans in rural Bangladesh, designed for contemporary homes.

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Our Story

মৃত্তিকা

mrittika · Bengali · noun

earth; soil; clay

Every Mrittika piece begins as earth, and passes through human hands before it reaches the table.

Our name means earth in Bengali. Each bowl and cup is thrown, carved and fired by artisans in rural Bangladesh, then finished and presented as a modern piece for the home.

Craft

From earth to table.

Four stages, photographed in the workshop in rural Bangladesh where Mrittika pieces are made.

Chapter 01

Shaped by Hand

Every piece begins with clay and a pair of hands.

On the wheel, wet clay is centred, opened and drawn upward by touch. The form comes from the pressure of fingers and palms, so no two rise quite the same.

An artisan’s clay-covered hands centring a mound of wet clay on a potter’s wheel, freshly thrown jugs drying behind.
Hands opening a spinning ring of grey clay on the wheel, the motion blurred.

Chapter 02

Detailed Individually

Patterns are worked into the surface one piece at a time.

While the clay is still soft, artisans cut lattices, lines and flowers into each piece by hand. The pattern repeats. The hand that makes it never repeats exactly.

An artisan in a blue patterned scarf carving a design into an unfired cup, rows of carved vessels around her in the workshop.
Close view of hands holding an unfired cup with a carved flower and lattice band.

Chapter 03

Made Together

Rows of vessels fill the workshop as each piece moves through the process.

Cups, pots and lids wait side by side in the open air before firing. Many pieces, and every one of them handled.

Tall stacks of carved, unfired clay pots lined up in the workshop yard.
A hand arranging rows of carved, unfired clay cups stacked in columns outdoors.
Stacks of unfired clay lids carved with flower and lattice patterns, seen from above.
A hand lifting a fired, carved terracotta saucer from stacks of saucers and cups laid out on a blue tarp.

Chapter 04

Finished in Terracotta

The final transformation reveals the warmth and character of the clay.

Firing turns grey clay into terracotta, Italian for “baked earth”. The carving sharpens, the colour deepens, and the pieces are ready to leave the workshop.

From the workshop to the shelf

This is what the craft becomes.

Each set is presented in a navy Mrittika box with a fitted insert, so the care taken in the workshop carries through to the shelf.

An open navy Mrittika gift box seen from above, the logo inside the lid and two terracotta bowls set into a fitted foam insert.

The collections

Designed for the table. Presented for retail.

A carved terracotta bowl in front of a navy Mrittika gift box printed with the logo and the line “Every Piece Handmade, Every Touch Unique”.
Terracotta Bowls: The box

Collection 01

Terracotta Bowls

Carved by hand around the outer wall.

A rounded bowl with a deep, generous rim and a geometric pattern cut into the clay by hand. Each one carries the small differences of the person who made it.

Material
Terracotta
Surface
Hand-carved exterior pattern
Made in
Rural Bangladesh
Presentation
Navy gift box with fitted insert
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An open navy Mrittika box from above holding two textured terracotta cups and two saucers in a fitted ivory insert.
Cups + Saucers: Inside

Collection 02

Cups + Saucers

A textured cup, a matching saucer.

A rounded cup with a finely textured body, a ribbed rim and a sculpted handle, paired with its own saucer. Textured by hand and finished in warm terracotta.

Material
Terracotta
Surface
Hand-textured body, ribbed rim
Includes
Cup and saucer
Made in
Rural Bangladesh
Presentation
Navy gift box with fitted insert
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In the workshop

New forms are taking shape.

The next pieces are in development. Ask us about what is ahead for your store.

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A Mrittika terracotta cup and saucer beside its closed navy gift box.

Wholesale

Bring Mrittika to your shelves.

We are expanding retail distribution and welcome conversations with stores that care how things are made, from independent boutiques to national retail partners.

We work with

  • Independent retailers
  • Specialty and gift stores
  • Home and lifestyle retailers
  • Regional retailers
  • National retailers
  • Distributors
  • Hospitality partners
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    Genuinely handmade

    Thrown, carved and fired by artisans in rural Bangladesh. Every piece is individual.

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    Ready for the shelf

    Presented in a branded navy gift box with a fitted insert, designed for retail display and gifting.

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    Proven demand

    Our first release sold out on Amazon.

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    A U.S. point of contact

    Mrittika’s U.S. business is based in Boise, Idaho, USA, for direct conversations with American buyers.

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What happens next

  1. 1Tell us about your store and what interests you.
  2. 2We reply with collection details and wholesale terms.
  3. 3We plan an opening order that fits your shelves.

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