shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndia

across the Sukhna Choe from Chandigarh, in Punjab

Mohali

— — the city the cricket evenings belong to.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand

— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines

— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall

— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround

— a note from the studio

“Across the Sukhna Choe from Chandigarh, in Punjab, a planned city named for Sahibzada Ajit Singh, the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh. The PCA Stadium has hosted World Cup semifinals; the IT corridor on the eastern edge built up around Quark City through the early Punjab tech boom. Sectors numbered like Chandigarh, gulmohar trees in the medians, slow Sunday traffic on the airport road.

from the studio

— bring it home

Mohali, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Mohali

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

Mohali, officially Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar since 2006, is a planned city in Punjab, India, immediately south-west of Chandigarh, with which it shares an airport, a metro plan, and the Chandigarh Tricity footprint. The city is laid out in numbered sectors after the Le Corbusier grid that shaped Chandigarh from 1953 onward. Population is roughly 177,000 within the municipality and well over a million across the tricity. The Punjab Cricket Association ground sits in Sector 63. The airport runway shares the eastern boundary.

— informed by Wikipedia: Mohali

— the visit

Mohali rewards a slow Sunday more than a checklist visit. The Mata Mansa Devi temple to the south draws steady pilgrims through the year. The PCA Stadium fills for international cricket, including the 2011 World Cup semifinal between India and Pakistan. Quark City and the IT towers east of the airport make up the technology belt that drew the early-2000s Punjab tech boom. Spring brings the gulmohar in flower along the sector medians. The Sector 17 market in Chandigarh is a short drive over the choe.

— informed by Wikipedia: Mohali

— the year

The cricket calendar shapes the city's evenings. The PCA Stadium, named after I.S. Bindra and opened in 1993, holds about 26,000 seats and runs ODIs and T20s through the cooler months between October and March. The Indian Premier League season in March to May brings Punjab Kings games to the same ground. Outside the cricket window the stadium hosts concerts and Punjabi music nights. Mohali also marks Vaisakhi in mid-April, the Punjabi new year. Around the stadium the dhabas stay open late on match nights.

— informed by Wikipedia: PCA Stadium

— where

India · Mohali, Punjab

— position

30.7046° N · 76.7179° E

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

5 km NE

Chandigarh

sister city

2 km SE

PCA IS Bindra Stadium

cricket ground

8 km E

Chandigarh International Airport

airport

10 km S

Mata Mansa Devi Temple

shrine

8 km NE

Sukhna Lake

lake

Mohali

Chandigarh

PCA IS Bindra Stadium

Chandigarh International Airport

Mata Mansa Devi Temple

Sukhna Lake

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Mohali — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

Mohali is in Punjab, India, immediately south-west of Chandigarh and part of the Chandigarh Tricity. It is the headquarters of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district, named for the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh.

No, but they share an airport, a metro plan, and a continuous urban grid. Chandigarh is a union territory; Mohali is a planned city in Punjab. Locals refer to the joint area as the Tricity.

The Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, opened in 1993 and seating about 26,000, is the home ground of the Punjab Kings and a regular venue for India's international fixtures, including the 2011 World Cup semifinal.

October through March is the cool dry window. April and May turn hot, often above 40°C. The monsoon arrives in July and runs through September. Cricket season and Vaisakhi both fall in the cool months.

Chandigarh International Airport sits on Mohali's eastern edge. The city is also linked by the Chandigarh-Ambala rail corridor and the NH-5 to Delhi, about 250 km south.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well. Mohali rarely appears in city-art collections, and a piece of the place reaches readers who grew up around the sectors or remember a match at the PCA. A Medium with a studio note travels well.

The indigo and warm-stone palette settles into Modern Indian, Library Traditional, and Quiet Maximalist rooms. The Voynich line work also reads against pale teak in South Asian modernist interiors.

A single Large covers most consoles. Above a standard sofa, a four-tile Mural or nine-tile Mural carries the wall without crowding. A Coaster Set works for tray tables and side boards.

Yes. Choose the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any vertical install near water; both are scratch-resistant and read well in mixed light. Glossy is best kept to dry rooms.

A dry or barely damp microfibre cloth is all the surface needs. Avoid abrasive pads and household sprays; the colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish.

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