When Raveena Taraman launched her online arts and crafts business near the end of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, she did so with a practical goal in mind—to offset the cost of her tuition as a medical student. But for Taraman, 26, ArtsyCraft has proven to be so much more.
In an interview with Stabroek Weekend, Taraman, who hails from the ancient county of Berbice but relocated to the East Coast of Demerara to further her studies, specialises in a wide variety of hand-poured scented candles that are made from natural, eco-friendly soy wax and phthalate-free fragrance oils. “This simply means that our candles do not contain any carcinogens—substances that cause cancer, or any other potentially hazardous chemicals,” she explained.
