Disharee Mathur

Disharee Mathur is an artist and designer based in Jaipur (India). Her work lies at the intersection of traditional craft, material research, and design. Her primary media is circular ceramics in Jaipur Blue Pottery, which introduces industrial waste materials to create new recipes adapted by the traditional craft for cultural and economic sustainability.

Together with artisans and scientists, Disharee reimagines the indigenous craft with a material made of sanitary ware waste, allowing for new geometries in the ancient technique. Disharee grew up in Jaipur with a fascination for making and materials, naturally gravitating towards the crafts of Jaipur. She studied Interior Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design (USA,2017). She designed workplace interiors before pursuing Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College, London (UK, 2021). She founded Project New Blue as her thesis work while collaborating with scientists (at MNIT, Jaipur) and Jaipur Blue Pottery artisans in 2020-2021.

Disharee approaches waste as the abundant material in nature today, allowing accessibility for experimentation and new perspectives. Craft is a catalyst, a well-researched sustainable production method, that enables design with waste sustaining a culture of co-creating with abundance. Her visual language draws from the geometries in the traditional craft while allowing the materials to dictate the nature and scale of the compositions.

Disharee continues researching new waste materials from the construction and steel industry while learning about old craft techniques and creating works as part of a new material conversation.