Field Notes
The Woodeon Journal
Stories from the workshops, gift guides, and an occasional field note from the road — everything we wish we could tell every customer in person.
20 May 20263 min read#artisan#saharanpurMeet the artisan behind the Saharanpur bull mask
Imran Khan is 42, a fourth-generation woodcarver, and the man behind every Saharanpur folk mask we sell. We spent an afternoon in his workshop.
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5 May 20263 min read#craft#channapatnaThe Channapatna craft of Karnataka
Three centuries old, painted with lac from cashew nut shells, and almost lost in the 1990s — the story of the village 60 km from Bengaluru that keeps India's softest toy tradition alive.
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15 May 20263 min read#gifts#diwaliFive thoughtful Diwali gifts that aren't another box of mithai
From a hand-carved spiritual elephant to a Channapatna stacking toy — five Diwali gifts that say more than another box of kaju barfi ever could.
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