Karunika (karunika_crafty): handmade art from Dhaka, now on JADUZ

Who is Karunika?

Karunika is an artist in Dhaka who makes handmade paintings and craft pieces, and shares them on Instagram as @karunika_crafty. She joined JADUZ as an approved maker on 23 October 2026, under Painting & Illustration. Her first piece on JADUZ is Ocean Melody, a textured round canvas of a beach.

On her JADUZ profile she sums up her work in one line: “Expressing my passion for art and design through handmade creation.”

We haven't interviewed Karunika. Everything here comes from what she has written on her profile and from her pieces as they appear in photos.

How did Karunika start making art?

She has been making things since childhood. “Art and handmade craft have been my natural language for as long as I can remember,” she writes on her JADUZ profile. “From childhood sketches to hands-on craft projects, creating something beautiful out of raw materials has always brought me immense joy.”

Her family and friends were her first audience. In her words: “Over the years, the constant encouragement from my family and friends—who always cherished my work and filled their spaces with my creations—became the spark that kept my passion alive.”

How did her Instagram page become a small business?

It started because friends asked. “A few years ago, friends urged me to share my work with a wider audience, leading me to create an Instagram page,” she writes. She is candid that there was no grand plan: “While it began as a casual, spontaneous showcase without much strategy, every piece posted was a sincere reflection of my creative journey.”

The shift to selling is recent. “Lately, that quiet hobby has transformed into a clear ambition,” she writes. “I realized that my artwork is ready to find real homes beyond my immediate circle. Launching this creative venture as a small business is my next big step.”

She describes joining JADUZ as a seller as “the bridge between my lifelong love for art and bringing meaningful, handmade pieces into the everyday lives of people who appreciate true craftsmanship.”

What is Ocean Melody?

Ocean Melody (সাগরের সুর) is Karunika's first piece on JADUZ: a one-of-a-kind painting on a round canvas. It is made with premium acrylics, texture paste, natural seashells and pearl-bead details. The pearls are decorative beads, not real pearls.

In the listing photos, the canvas shows a beach seen from above. Deep blue water turns turquoise toward the shore, and raised white texture forms the foam on three or four wave crests. Below lies golden sand with dark speckles, set with small cowrie-type and spiral shells. The piece is signed “Karunika”.

Because it is one of a kind, there is only one. Its page shows whether it is still available. If the size matters for your wall, check it with Karunika before you order.

One of a kind

Ocean Melody

৳750

Karunika, Dhaka

Is Ocean Melody resin art?

No. Ocean Melody is a textured acrylic painting, not a resin piece. Its listed materials are premium acrylics, texture paste, natural seashells and pearl beads, and resin isn't one of them.

Texture pastes are thick mediums that painters use to build raised surfaces. Golden Artist Colors, one maker of them, describes its acrylic molding pastes as “excellent for building surfaces or creating textures”, drying to “an opaque, semi-gloss film”. If you are choosing between textured and resin ocean art, our guide to textured ocean wall art covers how each is made, how they differ and how to look after them.

What else does Karunika paint?

Her work isn't only the sea. The cover photo on her JADUZ profile shows another of her pieces: a small square canvas of the Green Dome of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, painted in green on a lilac-blue textured ground, with “Muhammad” in Arabic calligraphy. In the photo it is styled with shells, pearl beads and pots of paint.

That piece isn't listed for sale, but calligraphy is part of her work: her Islamic Calligraphy Canvas, a small square canvas with Al-Baqarah 2:153 in Arabic and English and gold foil accents, has its own page on JADUZ. To see new pieces as she adds them, follow Karunika on JADUZ. She also posts on Instagram and has a Facebook page.

Is it common for Bangladeshi makers to start on social media?

Yes, social media is a common starting point for small businesses in Bangladesh. The Daily Star reported in 2020 that, by the count of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-Cab), “there were over 50,000 active F-commerce pages in Bangladesh at the end of 2019”. It described one founder's venture as having “started off as a side project”.

Selling only through social media has limits too. In 2025 The Business Standard reported that “Facebook's algorithm changes have hit small business owners hard”, and that a single account restriction can bring a business to a standstill. Karunika hasn't said this is why she joined JADUZ. She puts it in her own terms, as a bridge to people who appreciate true craftsmanship.

How do you buy Karunika's work on JADUZ?

Go to Karunika's shop, or straight to Ocean Melody. Before she could sell, a JADUZ curator reviewed her portfolio, proof that she makes the pieces herself and her identity. A curator also approves every piece before it goes live.

You pay cash on delivery. Open the parcel in front of the rider before you pay, and if it is damaged or wrong, hand it back. The returns page explains the details. Every piece on JADUZ shows the maker's name and district, so you can see that Ocean Melody was made by Karunika in Dhaka.

What if you want a different size or a custom piece?

Ask her directly. Check a listed piece's page for its details, and message her on Instagram at @karunika_crafty about anything else.

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