'Chaman' Platter in Printed Wood

Provenance

The Chaman platter belongs to the North Indian tradition of decorative woodware — wooden forms treated with surface print and sealed under a waterproof finish to produce objects that are functional and decorative in equal measure. Each platter is individually cut in wood, its surface printed with a classical ornamental pattern and sealed under lacquer. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, adapting the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork to contemporary domestic forms.

The surface vocabulary of Chaman draws from the classical ornamental tradition — the repeating compositional forms that appear across the decorative arts of North India. Chaman in Persian names the garden: not merely a physical garden but the garden as a state of abundance and beauty, the space where multiple forms of natural beauty coincide. The multicolour print on this decorative wooden platter holds the garden's quality of visual abundance — multiple ornamental forms working together on a single surface, none dominating, the composition balanced.

The waterproof surface makes this decorative wooden platter suited to everyday use. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.

Disclaimer

• These pieces are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour are a natural feature of the process.
• Minor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.