Eat your vegetables

Jaipur studio Khanoom has a timely reminder for Veganuary

British designer, artist, natural dyer and occasional pastry chef (going by his Instagram profile) Simon Marks has been working out of Jaipur for years now. But it was a chance meeting with Priyamvada Golcha just before the pandemic that has resulted in a tidy collection of tableware that Instagrammers and the kitchen proud are getting excited about. There are plates featuring hand-painted botanical motifs, inspired by the ‘De Materia Medica’, the Greek encyclopedia on herbal medicine.

There is a handsome white radish, a chilli plant, brinjals and melons, a timely reminder that Veganuary has begun, and you will do well to stock up on veggies. Golcha’s company, specialists in clay and particle technology, initially helped Marks with a kitchen tiles project. The duo found a creative rhythm and soon set up a pottery studio in an old glass factory in Jaipur. They named it Khanoom, after the Egyptian god Khnum, believed to have created humankind from clay.