Maati Mahila Samuh

The clay here is red and salt-heavy, and it has been dug from the same two ponds for four generations. Until the group was formed, families sold finished pots to a trader who came once a week and set his own price.

The group now fires collectively in a shared pit kiln, which cuts breakage and lets them produce through the winter instead of only in the dry months.

Two members travelled to Bhuj for a glaze workshop and came back with a food-safe finishing technique that lets the pots hold water for cooking without seeping.