200+ Families. Six States. One Mission.
Every Woodeon piece carries the name of its maker. We work directly with artisan cooperatives — paying upfront, paying fair, and shipping the same week. The four profiles below are a snapshot; the full roster lives in the artisan card that ships with your order.
Some of the hands
Anwar Hussain
Lac-turned wooden toys · Channapatna, Karnataka
Third-generation lac-turner. Trained on the manual lathe since he was nine. Anwar runs a workshop of six artisans and supplies most of the Channapatna stacking toys and rattles in the Woodeon catalogue. His daughter Asma is the only woman lac-turner in the village.
28 years at the bench
Imran Khan
Saharanpur folk-mask carving · Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Fourth-generation woodcarver, specialising in folk masks descended from the wedding-procession traditions of north India. Imran carves; his wife Nasreen does the natural-pigment painting. Featured in our recent journal interview.
33 years at the bench
Sunita Devi
Madhubani painting on wood · Jitwarpur, Bihar
A National Award winner (2019) for her Mithila painted wooden panels. Sunita has trained 40+ women in her village in the kachni and bharni styles. Every Woodeon Madhubani piece is painted in her studio or by an artisan she certifies.
22 years at the bench
Lakshmi Bai
Warli folk painting · Ganjad, Maharashtra
Lakshmi paints in the traditional Warli style — rice paste on a clay-red wash — but applies it to seasoned mango wood instead of mud walls. She leads a 12-woman collective and is the sole female master in her cluster of villages.
18 years at the bench
Where the craft lives
- Karnataka38 artisan families
- Uttar Pradesh64 artisan families
- Bihar22 artisan families
- Rajasthan41 artisan families
- West Bengal18 artisan families
- Maharashtra17 artisan families