I grew up seeing terrazzo not as a design trend but as a part of daily life. Those chip-tile floors, familiar in courtyards, corridors, and staircases, were the cool surfaces you sat on during summer, the patterned backdrops to family gatherings, and the quiet witness to the rhythms of everyday living. They were never perfectly smooth or uniform, but that was precisely their charm. Terrazzo carried memory in every fragment, each chip of stone a small reminder of time passing.
When we began work on the Sankira Collection, our goal was not to replicate those old floors but to reimagine their spirit. Terrazzo has, over the years, gone from being humble and utilitarian to becoming one of the most admired design languages in the world. At Anara, we wanted to take that legacy further: to elevate concrete, often thought of as cold and industrial, into a material of luxury, craft, and presence. In Sankira, concrete becomes a base for sculpture, a canvas that is both minimal and richly layered.
The beauty of terrazzo lies in how fragments come together. Each basin begins with stone chips, many sourced from discarded or waste materials, that are blended with cement, pigments, and binding compounds. On their own, these pieces feel incomplete, even overlooked. But brought together, they create surfaces filled with movement, texture, and depth. In a way, Sankira is about more than just basins, it is about finding wholeness in fragments, about showing how what is left behind can become the centrepiece of a new story.
And then, of course, there is the hand of the artisan. Terrazzo may be made of stone and cement, but it is the human touch that brings it alive. Each vessel passes through stages of careful mixing, curing, rubbing, and polishing. It is not an automated process but a deeply skilled one, where proportion, patience, and intuition matter as much as technique. Watching the surface transform, from coarse and raw to smooth and luminous, is like watching craft and material fall into rhythm together.
The Sankira Collection is a reflection of this balance: nostalgia and innovation, material and memory, craft and design. It carries forward a fragment of Indian domestic history, while transforming it into something sculptural and meditative for contemporary spaces. For us, Sankira is a reminder that design is not just about what is created, but also about what is remembered, renewed, and carried forward.