Vignettes of life in Konkan as handcrafted terracotta and paper-māché collectibles

Kingfisher Dipping plate

How soon will our kids go back to offline learning? As parents debate this on our timelines, Olee Maatee’s School Time figurine is a charming reminder of what we once took for granted: a mother with her son, waiting for the school bus. Olee Maatee, a Pune-based craft studio, has been filling up their Instagram page and fans’ work desks and fridge surfaces with handcrafted collectibles — tiny gunny bags of garlic and onion, a mango crate, kingfisher tableware, rickshaw salt and pepper shakes, a Konkan hamlet even.