Placemat (set of 2/4/6) | Placemat | MATARAM placemat made of banana fiber and seaweed 38 cm

•38cm diameter • made of robust banana fiber and seaweed • perfect for the dining table or as a decorative element • lovingly packaged plastic-free • 100% handmade and fair trade Mataram is a placemat made from alternating strands of seaweed and banana fiber.   It gives every table setting that certain something - you and your guests will feel like you've been transported to a Balinese beach restaurant! 
 You can also use Mataram as a wall decoration or as a base on your dressing table or bedside table.    Mataram is available in sets of 2, 4 and 6. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Mass weight: Diameter: 38cm Weight: 0.21kg per piece Our products are artfully crafted unique pieces.   Due to hand manufacturing and natural variations in materials, they may vary slightly in size, color and shape. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Main materials: seagrass, banana fiber Our placemats are made from plant fibers.   They therefore smell and feel wonderfully natural.    What basket makers usually call “seagrass” is actually not an (under)water plant, but a small, palm-like plant that is widespread on sandy beaches in the tropics of Asia.   The leaves of plants often cultivated by humans are separated, cut into strips, dried and then further processed by hand.    Banana fiber is the fibers of the layered trunks of agriculturally used banana trees.   The intense brown color occurs naturally when the fibers are dried under the sun for about a week.   The individual strips are then rolled into the characteristic, approximately 6 mm thick strands.   Only old, dying banana trees are used for this material.   This gives these crops a second life as a dimensionally stable and robust starting material for many handmade baskets here at Soeji. 
 Other materials: nylon thread -------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Place of production: This placemat is handmade in Java, Indonesia.   When selecting our local producers, we value fair pay and good working conditions.   Only adult and experienced artisans work in the companies from which we purchase our goods.   No harmful chemicals are used during production.   Since all work steps are carried out by hand, the production process hardly produces any greenhouse gas emissions.   We ensure all of this through regular on-site visits and ongoing personal contact with the companies.