Vaishali is a ceramic artist whose work is deeply inspired by her family’s legacy of pottery from the small villages of southern India. Generations before her shaped earth and water into vessels of daily life. Their craft taught her that true artistry lies not in perfection, but in the patient rhythm of hands, breath, and clay.

Through Santosha Ceramics, named after the Sanskrit word for contentment, Vaishali continues that lineage in a modern form. Each piece is shaped slowly and intentionally, celebrating the subtle irregularities that make handmade work human. Her ceramics invite a sense of peace and grounding, reminding us that beauty often lives in the spaces between precision and imperfection.