2026
Morning Tea Tray
Hand-engraved brass, block-printed cotton liner
Sized to the two-cup morning. The cotton liner is washable and replaceable.
open edition
from $320
Represented by Coming Soon · Mumbai → Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Naya Iyer
Naya Iyer Studio
Objects that hold the family they came from.
Studio · Mumbai → Crown Heights, Brooklyn
The Crown Heights apartment-studio at noon — block-printed textiles drying on a clothesline, a brass platter half-engraved, the cat on the chair, a single hand-thrown clay vessel still wet on the wheel.
Practice
Iyer trained as a textile designer in Ahmedabad and moved to New York in 2021. The studio is small — the front room of her Crown Heights apartment — and the production is correspondingly small: block-printed cotton, engraved brass, single-throw clay vessels. Every object is sized to a domestic use she grew up with: the morning tea ritual, the prayer table, the diwali plate. Coming Soon represents her in NoHo; she sells directly out of the studio twice a year.
Signature objects
What's at the showroom this week.
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2026
Diwali Plate, no. 12
Hand-engraved brass, oxidized silver inlay
The headline piece. Twelve diyas, one for each month, engraved in the rim.
edition of 60
from $680
2025
Prayer-table Cloth
Block-printed Ahmedabad cotton, hand-stitched edges
Sized to a 24-inch prayer table. The print runs marigold + cream.
open edition
from $180
Materials
The matter behind the work.
Hand-engraved brass
Engraved in Crown Heights. Annealed and softened with a hand-mallet before engraving.
Block-printed cotton
Printed in Ahmedabad by a women-led atelier she's worked with since 2016.
Single-throw clay
Thrown in the studio. One pass, no re-throws. Each vessel is the only one of its kind.
Oxidized silver inlay
Set by hand. Used sparingly — only on edition pieces.
References
What shaped this work.
designer
Karim Rashid (early studio work)
Not the headline pieces — the early domestic objects.
book
An Equal Music
Vikram Seth
The book she rereads each spring.
essay
The Tale of Genji · the chapter on small objects
object
Ahmedabad block-printing tradition
The atelier that prints her cotton has been working since 1937.
Showroom route
Where the work lives this week.
Coming Soon · NoHo
All three signature objects on display through June. Naya in attendance Saturday 12–4pm.
Afternoon Light
Two of her brass platters in conversation with Halbach's brass sconces.
The Primary Essentials · Boerum Hill
Her open-edition pieces and prayer-table cloths in the home goods room.
Studio rituals
Where the maker actually stops.
Lakeside Pavilion · Prospect Park
Sunday family breakfast. She brings a sketchbook.
Brooklyn Public Library · Central branch
Tuesday research afternoons. South-facing window seat.
Ali's Roti Shop · Crown Heights
Late-evening doubles when the studio runs past 9.
Expanding show
Domestic Devotion: Ritual Objects from the Indian Subcontinent in American Practice
at Cooper Hewitt
Diwali Plate no. 12 acquired for the permanent collection. Show opens November.
A question for the buyer
"Which morning or evening in your life would be different if the object you reached for was made by someone who knew the gesture?"
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6 ways out · showroom + studio
object
Morning Tea Tray
via Coming Soon · NoHo
Open edition. In stock during NYCxDESIGN. Cotton liner included.
from $320
Openobject
Diwali Plate, no. 12
via Coming Soon · NoHo
Edition of 60. 14 still available. Engraved on request with a family name.
from $680
Openshowroom visit
Coming Soon · NoHo
via Coming Soon
Open Tuesday–Saturday during NYCxDESIGN. Naya in attendance Saturday 12–4pm.
from free
Openstudio visit
Naya Iyer Studio · Crown Heights
via Naya Iyer Studio
Open twice a year. NYCxDESIGN weekend is one of the two. Tea, brass demo, the cat.
from by appointment
Openbook
Vikram Seth · An Equal Music
via Vintage
Naya's spring book. Read alongside the studio work.
from $18
Openreservation
Ali's Roti Shop · Crown Heights
via Ali's Roti Shop
Naya's late-evening doubles. Open until 11pm.
from $12
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