'Sarang' Coaster Set of 6 in Printed Wood

Provenance

The Sarang coasters belong to the North Indian tradition of decorative woodware — wooden forms treated with surface print and sealed under a waterproof finish. Each coaster is individually cut in textured wood, its surface printed with a multicolour ornamental pattern and sealed under lacquer or resin. The tradition comes from workshops in Delhi NCR and western Uttar Pradesh, where artisans adapt the vocabulary of India's painted and lacquered woodwork to contemporary domestic forms through screen and digital print techniques.

The surface print on Sarang carries a variegated multicolour ornamental vocabulary — the many-coloured quality that the name itself describes. Sarang in Sanskrit names the simultaneously multicoloured thing: the spotted deer, the dappled light of a forest interior, the afternoon raga that holds multiple melodic modes at once. The gold edge frames the varied surface on each coaster, holding the ornament within a perimeter so the visual complexity is contained. The textured wood ground gives the print additional depth, the material adding its own grain variation to the ornamental surface.

The waterproof surface makes these wooden coasters suited to everyday use. The set of six handmade coasters is supplied in a matching printed storage box. Each piece is individually handcrafted; print placement and colour tone may vary slightly between pieces.

Disclaimer

• These coasters 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.