Pottery wheel spinning with clay being shaped in the studio
Studio Mita

Rakkar, Himachal Pradesh

One artist. Raw earth. The Dhauladhars watching.

Mita Pottery Studio — where Madhumita Chatterjee teaches new souls to shape clay, and clay shapes them back.

Madhumita Chatterjee holding a handmade cup in the sunlit studio, looking at the camera

II · Mita

The artist first

Born an artist.

Madhumita Chatterjee — Mita — was born with paint under her nails and a maker's restlessness. Then, like so many artists, she folded it away for something safer.

Madhumita Chatterjee inspecting a handmade speckled ceramic mug by the studio window

Eight years in corporate.

Eight years of meetings, metrics, and a self on hold. One day she chose the harder, truer thing: she left it all.

Madhumita Chatterjee admiring a hand-pinched speckled bowl

Two years of clay. Then a studio.

Two years learning the wheel — the centering, the collapsing, the beginning again. Out of that came this studio, and its one real purpose: helping people bring their artist self out, one handful of earth at a time.

You don't come here to learn pottery. You come here to remember you were always an artist.

III · Ground

Touch the earth

Before form, before fire, there is the hand in wet clay. The cool slip on your skin. The slow spin of the wheel. This is where every story begins, in the quiet act of touching ground.

This is where Mita starts every student: not with technique, but with touch. Feeling grounded before making anything at all.

Close-up of clay-covered hands centering clay on pottery wheel

IV · The Craft

The rhythm of making

Every piece moves through the same slow choreography. Creativity with clay is not one skill but five, learned hand over hand.

Hands centering wet clay on spinning pottery wheel
Wheel throwing
Botanical leaves and flowers arranged on clay slab for leaf imprinting
Botanical imprint
Potter refining vessel shape with a wooden rib tool
Trimming & refining
Potter presenting a hand-painted botanical plate
Underglaze painting
Potter smiling while holding a wooden tool at the wheel
Glazing & finishing

V · The Work

Pieces that leave the studio

Pottery tools and handmade pieces on floral tablecloth

Shop · Coming soon

Decor Sets

Lush decor sets, hand-painted in artistic underglazes. Each set a small landscape you can live with.

Flat-lay of pottery tools, lilies, and glaze bottles

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Collectible Glaze Sets

Limited collectible sets in unique, food-safe glazes. No two units alike — released as monthly drops.

Silhouette of potter shaping a vessel rim against misty mountains

VI · Imperfection

That unplanned swirl, that crooked handle, those are not mistakes. They are the story of the hour you spent making it.

We turn raw earth into personal stories, one lopsided rim at a time. Come for a weekend workshop. Stay for the full rhythm of wheel throwing, trimming, and glazing.

Her story →

VII · Learn

Find your way in

Close-up of leaf vein impressions pressed into dark clay

Weekend Workshops

Experience-driven, 2-hour sessions. Two sessions every weekend. Pinch mugs and artifacts, botanical imprinting, acrylic on bisque — and new formats always brewing.

Explore & book →
Focused potter shaping clay with wooden slat wall behind

Monthly Classes

Beginner to advanced. One to six month courses covering wheel throwing, trimming, and glazing. All ages from 5 onwards.

Explore & book →
Sunlit studio with communal table and wooden slat wallComing soon

Online Drops

Monthly drops of collectible glaze sets and hand-painted decor pieces. Curated ceramics from the studio, delivered to your door.

Two artists hand-building at communal table with mountain viewComing soon

Collaborations

Brand partnerships, custom commissions, and community projects. Let's make something together.

VIII · Visit

Come find us

Open to all ages from 5 onwards. No experience needed, just curiosity. Join a weekend workshop, or stay for the full journey.

Mita Pottery Studio

First Floor, Ghoomakkad New Bldg, Rakkar Rd, Rakkar, Himachal Pradesh 176057

Rakkar, Himachal Pradesh

Call or WhatsApp

+91 88796 54294
Mita smiling at the wheel with clay-covered hands