Madhu (she/her) spent over two decades in the corporate world before the work that was supposed to define her began to hollow her out. In 2021, she walked toward something that demanded her hands as much as her mind — and found woodworking waiting.

Based in Westchester County, NY - Madhu designs and builds fine furniture rooted in the principles that have always separated a masterpiece from mere craft. She is a traditionalist in the truest sense: someone who respects the lineage of a discipline enough to push it somewhere new. One eye on the past, always — but the work itself firmly in the present.

Her studio produces a small number of unique, limited pieces each year, with select custom commissions for clients who share her sensibility. The work draws from a wide world — nature, architecture, built environments, fine art, lived stories — because good design, at its core, is about connection. Between maker and material. Between object and the life it enters.

Madhu also volunteers with a Brooklyn-based nonprofit, teaching woodworking to marginalized communities and helping make the craft — and the confidence it builds — more accessible.

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