The Kulhad

$36.00

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Maker: East Fork Pottery
Made in: Asheville, NC
Type: Pottery
Availability: In stock at maker
Added: Apr 2, 2026
Last verified: Apr 2, 2026
Fulfilled by: East Fork Pottery — direct

Made in Asheville, NC by Alex Matisse. Modern dinnerware and homegoods made in Asheville.

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East Fork Pottery

Asheville, NC · Pottery & Ceramics

Modern dinnerware and homegoods made in Asheville. A Certified B Corp building a more equitable pottery industry — living wages, healthcare for every employee, and clay sourced from North Carolina. Their seconds sales sell out in minutes.

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A vessel steeped in tradition and filled to the brim with human connection. First dreamed up in collaboration with our friends at Diaspora Co., The Kulhad was inspired by the handleless clay cups that have been used for centuries in the Indian subcontinent—simple vessels made to hold a few warm gulps of chai before being tossed, broken and remade. Sana Javeri Kadri, founder of Diaspora Co., shared photos of traditional kulhads from potters near Indian railways, where they’re still thrown “off the hump” and fired by the thousands. Using those images, our team started prototyping by hand on t...