The work

All collections

Functional things that could almost pass for mass-manufactured — until you hold one and feel the hand that made it.

01

Denim Blues

The mugs that started it all — fifty thrown by hand, glazed in shades named for denim.

50 pieces · Glazed stoneware

Cobalt blue mug Slate blue mug Steel blue mug
02

Speckled Everyday

Raw-bottomed, speckled cups and mugs built for slow mornings and full hands.

Ongoing · Speckled clay

Speckled white mug Teal mug Rust and blue mug
03

Little Oddities

One-offs with a sense of humour — angular shapes, happy accidents, kept on purpose.

One of a kind

Group of mugs Cluster of mugs Stacked mugs

The hallmark project

The Mug Project

Fifty mugs. One promise to myself: learn to throw the same thing, fifty times over.

It started as an exercise in repetitive throwing — but it became the launch of Made by Tanay. Each mug was glazed in a different shade of blue from my studio, and I named every shade after denim, a quiet tribute to my father and late grandfather, who built their lives in the denim industry.

When they came out of the kiln, I invited nearly everyone I knew to the garden by my apartment. We drank coffee, ate scones and marble cake, and everyone went home with a mug. It taught me patience with the process — and what community really feels like.

Tanay holding a mug, surrounded by the full set on the floor Opening day · 50 mugs
Blue mugs in window light Top-down view of many mugs Grouped blue mugs Four mugs lined up on linen
Named for denim

Each blue carries a name drawn from the fabric my family knows best — a thread from Delhi's mills to a mug in your hands. (Shade names coming soon.)