For well over a century the people of Subidpur village in Pirojpur's Kawkhali upazila have been producing naturally cool shitalpati mats woven from the reed-like murta plant locally called paitara.

the artisans are still doing the job inherited from their forefathers and the floor mat made with the bark from a variety of trees known as paitra is widely used in bedrooms. Nobody knows when ...

THEY ARE NOT dream weavers, but residents of two islands hundreds of kilometers apart, weave sleeping mats on which people may experience wonderful dreams. This is because the islands—Anda in ...

GANGHWA ISLAND — The landscape of Ganghwa Island, just west of Seoul, has changed from one filled with traditional houses that once vigorously produced sedge crafts to one filled with posh summer ...

I studied fine art at the Durban University of Technology and recently received my Postgraduate qualification. I have been practising as an artist and curator since my first year of studies at DUT. I ...