a stone from a riverbed sits on the shelf for years.
it is time embodied in material.
it is built to stay.
a stone from a riverbed sits on the shelf for years.
it is time embodied in material.
it is built to stay.
Collection · I
स्थिति
— to be settled, completely. The first collection. A design where colour and form have stopped moving against each other and simply arrived. A grid that holds its ground. A floral medallion that punctuates, not decorates.
The bedroom. The dining table. The room you return to without thinking.
Sthiti
Bedsheet
King 108×108″ · Queen 90×108″
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Sthiti
Dohar
Pure mulmul · 90×108″
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Sthiti
Bedcover
Slub cotton · 90×108″
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Sthiti
Table Cover
Cotton · Single design
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Collection · II
स्थान
— the place. The same vocabulary, now in a single family of colour. Five depths of green, from dark to almost nothing. Where Sthiti speaks, Sthana simply occupies.
For rooms where the cloth should feel like it was always there.
Sthana
Dohar
Pure mulmul · 90×108″
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Sthana
Bedcover
Slub cotton · 90×108″
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Sthana
Table Linen
Runner · Placemats · Napkins
Made to order
Collection · III
पुनर्
— once more. The vocabulary returns, lighter. A palm enters the composition — unhurried, particular. More air between the forms.
Not a repeat. A reconsideration.
Punar
Dohar
Pure mulmul · 90×108″
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Punar
Bedsheet
King 108×108″ · Queen 90×108″
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Metal
A pebble from a riverbed — held in the hand once, understood completely. Two jars on a tray: one narrow, one wide. Hand-cast brass for the daily table.
The patina is the accumulation of every time the object was picked up.
Pebble Jar Set
Hand-cast brass · Tray 154×90mm
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KL-01
Water in brass changes. The vessel holds that change. A full belly, a cast shoulder, a steadiness that requires no explanation.
KL-01
Kalash
Hand-cast brass · Engraved shoulder
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About
Dhyai develops objects for long-term use.
The work begins with how an object holds: through handling, wear, and continued presence within a space.
Some objects mark a moment. Others remain after the moment has passed. Dhyai works with the latter.
The name ध्यै is Sanskrit — to fix the mind upon. It refers to attention that sustains without direction.
Each piece begins with material. Weight, texture, density, and the way a surface interacts with light are treated as primary conditions. Form is derived from these conditions.
The practice moves across cloth, cast metal, wood, ceramic, and glass. While the material changes, the approach remains consistent.
Objects are developed for use, handling, and retention. They enter gradually, settle over time, and remain without requiring explanation.
Founder
Swarna did not begin with objects. She began with a certain unease — with things that appeared complete, but carried no residue of being lived with.
DHYAI emerged from that discomfort. Not as a brand, but as a way of staying with questions that resist quick answers.
Her practice moves across disciplines, but never settles in one. Architecture offered structure. Psychoanalysis, a way of listening. Material, a surface that does not lie.
The work begins before form. In atmosphere. In what lingers without explanation.
From there, things are not designed as much as they are uncovered — through repetition, removal, and a refusal to resolve too quickly.
What remains is not an answer. Only something that holds.
There is no fixed aesthetic here. Only a way of seeing.
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Not everything asks to be understood. Some things are meant to stay.
Enquire
All pieces are made to order. Write with what you have in mind — a product, a size, a quantity, a question — and the conversation starts from there.
Orders, commissions, general enquiries
Quicker for back-and-forth on specifics
Devanahalli, Bengaluru
Not open to the public — visits by arrangement
Worldwide
4–8 weeks from order confirmation depending on piece