Lipi Biswas is a Santiniketan based ceramic artist and studio potter known for her deeply personal, hand formed approach to clay. A Fine Arts graduate from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, she found her artistic language in Santiniketan, where clay, earth, village life, and craft traditions became central to her practice. Deccan Herald describes her as “perhaps India’s only pinch-clay studio potter,” referring to her distinctive method of shaping clay by hand through the act of pinching rather than relying primarily on the potter’s wheel.

Her work is closely rooted in the landscape and craft ecology of Santiniketan. She has lived and worked around Boner Pukur Danga, engaging with local potters and traditional artisans, while also developing a contemporary ceramic vocabulary that remains close to the elemental nature of clay, fire, touch, and form. The India Foundation for the Arts notes her collaborative work with Bidyut Roy and tribal and folk artisans, where the project focused not only on ceramics, but also on dialogue between urban artists and traditional potters, indigenous glazes, firing methods, and shared learning.

Lipi’s practice may be seen as both artistic and contemplative. Her ceramics emerge slowly through touch, memory, reflection, and fire. The hand is not merely a tool in her work; it becomes a site of listening, holding, shaping, and releasing. Through her life and work, she brings together the intimacy of handmade clay, the wisdom of rural craft traditions, and the inner journey of an artist seeking form, balance, and peace.