About Nabila

I've always had a big interest in crafts and how it middles between design and art. It brought me to studying product design in university and it is here where I was introduced again to pottery, an interest I've had ever since I was a little. Picking 'nerikomi' pottery as my final thesis project, I continued to study it after graduation and honed my skills as an aspiring potter and ceramic artist. As I create, I explore my own style of pottery including the use of Nerikomi and colored clay in my pieces.

Nareswari is my playground and the home of my creations. As I actively experiment, Nareswari provides handmade ceramics made to be of use in various spaces. As a maker, I strive to make living days a bit better, and bring happiness to other people one pot at a time.

All products are made by Nabila Nareswari in her studio in South Jakarta, Indonesia.

About Nerikomi

Nerikomi is a technique in pottery that creates decorative patterns by stacking, rolling, and slicing colored clay. Patterns produced by it are structural rather than painted on, which allows the potter to make detailed images or complex repetitive patterns on both sides of the clay slabs.

Nareswari plays with this technique to create unique visual results and various patterns.

Exhibitions

'Eka Series', Artisan Alley by Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design (ICAD), Indonesia Design District, Jakarta, 2025

‘CubicSoul’ with Baskoro Junianto, ICAD by the Bay, Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design (ICAD), Indonesia Design District, Jakarta, 2023

IFFINA Indonesia Meubel & Design Expo, Jakarta, 2023

UNIQLO Neighborhood, UNIQLO Indonesia, Jakarta, 2021

BRIlianpreneur, Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), Jakarta, 2020

Mayantara Online Product Design Exhibition, Indonesian Alliance of Industrial Designers (ADPII), 2020

Petjah Belah, Jakarta Institute of Arts (IKJ), Jakarta, 2020

Workshops

3-day Nerikomi Workshop: The Nerikomi Experience with Mahteh Ceramic in Bloo Lagoon, Padangbai, Bali, 2026

The Nerikomi Process: Making a Checkered Box with Nabila Nareswari, online workshop with Pocosin Arts, 2026