Ukutyelela kweCedi Bead Factory kufuneka ukuba iindwendwe kwi-Eastern Region yeGhana. Apha, iintambo zeglasi zenziwe kwiibhotile zeplastiki ezithengiswayo kwaye zithengiswa kwiimarike kunye neevenkile zobugcisa kwilizwe nakwamanye amazwe. Ubugcisa bokwenza ubude beglasi buyimbali ende eGhana. Kwiminyaka engama-400 eyadlulileyo, iimveliso ezigqityiweyo zisetyenziselwe kwimikhosi yokuzalwa, ukuza kweminyaka, umtshato kunye nokufa. Namhlanje, isixeko sase-Odumase Krobo kunye nesithili saseKrobo esiphezulu sinxulumene nokwenziwa kwimibuko yeglasi yamasiko.
Kwi-Cedi Bead Factory, unokubukela inkqubo yokuvelisa eqhelekileyo ukususela ekuqaleni ukuya ekupheleni. Unokuhlala kunye nobusuku kwaye ufunde indlela yokuyila ubunzima bakho.
I-Cedi Bead Factory
Efihliweyo kwindlela engagqitywanga, iCedi Bead Factory ayiyona indawo elula ukuyifumana. Xa usenza njalo, uyavuzwa ngumbono onobuhle otyalwe ngeenxa zonke kwisakhiwo esityebileyo esisebenza njengesiqhamo ngokwalo. Lo akusikho isikhungo esikhonyayo soshishino. I-Cedi Bead Factory iqesha malunga nabasebenzi abali-12 bexesha elizeleyo kwaye ngokumangalisayo kuyathula. Ukutyelela kukhululekile, kwaye uthathe malunga nemizuzu engama-30-ukwenza oku kuhamba ngokugqibeleleyo kwabo basendleleni eya eKumasi okanye kuMlambo waseVolta. Isitolo esincinane sesipho sinamabhanki amnandi kakhulu athengiswayo, kunye namasongo, amacici kunye neentambo.
Iphupheni eliphezulu: Ukuba unayo iibhotile zeglasi ezingenalutho, unokuzibuyisela kwakhona kwifektri. Igalazi enemibala ephezulu (njengebomvu okanye eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka) iyamkelwa ngokukodwa.
Indlela i-Beads eyenziwe ngayo
Iibhotile zeglasi ezenziwe ngokutsha zichithwa ngokusebenzisa i-pestle enkulu kunye nomdaka. Emva kokuba ncitshiswe ibe ngumgubo ococekileyo, iglasi igxothwa kwisibumba esenziwe ngodongwe. Ingaphakathi yesikhunta ihlanganiswe kumxube we-kaolin kunye namanzi ukuyeka iglasi ukuba ibambelele emacaleni.
I powder iyakutywa ukudala imibala eyahlukeneyo kunye neepateni, okanye igcinwe ngokucacileyo.
Xa ilungile, isikhunta sifakwa kwisitilongwe kwaye siyabhaka. Iipatheni kunye nemihlobiso zingongezwa emva kokudubula kokuqala. Kule meko, i powder glass edibeneyo ixutywe kunye namanzi amancinci kwaye ipeyinwe kwi-bead, ekhishwa yisesibini. Ngamanye amaxesha idayi yongezwa ngemibala eqaqambileyo, okanye xa igalazi enemibala ingekho. Ngeengongoma ezingaphezulu, igalazi iyaphuka ibe ngamaqhezu amancinci, ngokuchasene nokuba ngumhlaba.
Ihabhoni lenziwe kwidongwe yombumba. Kufudumala kusetyenziswa amaqebunga esundu anqambileyo atshisa kwindawo yokushisa eshushu kakhulu kwaye alondoloze ubushushu. I-ironsmiths isebenzisa iinkozi ezifanayo kwiidolophana zendawo kwilizwe lonke laseGhana ukwenzela iiplanga kunye nemigodi. Iiglasi zeglasi zidlalwa ngehora. Ngokukhawuleza xa bephuma ehoreni, ithuluzi elincinci lensimbi lisetyenziselwa ukudala imbobo yomtya ukuze ulungele. Ezinye izimbobo zebhondi zenziwa ngokusetyenziswa kwesigxina se-cassava esitshisa ngexesha lokudubula, sishiya i-perforation ejikelezayo.
Emva kokuba intsimbi ikhuhlile, ihlambulukileyo isetyenziswe ngamanzi. Iintlobo zithe zenziwa kwaye zilungele ukuthengiswa kwiimarike ezimbala kulo lonke ilizwe.
Ulwazi olusebenzayo
Kubahambi abazimeleyo, indlela efanelekileyo yokufikelela kwiCedi Bead Factory kukuba bathathe i- tro-tro kwi-junction kwindlela ehamba phambili esuka eKoforidua ukuya eKpong, phakathi kweedolophu zaseSomanya no-Odumase Krobo.
Ukusuka apho, kuhamba kakuhle ngomzuzu ongama-20 ukuya kwindlela ekhohliweyo, ngoko ubambe iteksi ukuba unako. Kungcono, kodwa uqeshe isicatshulwa sabucala ukukuthabatha kwindlela eya eHo okanye eAkisombo, okanye ubeke indawo kwindawo ekhokelwayo.
Amakhonkethi ambalwa amenywa awakhiwe ngqo kwindawo, ahlinzeka ngamagumbi okuqala kunye nokutya okulungiselelwe kwendawo. Ezi zikulungele ukuba ufuna ukuchitha iintsuku ezimbalwa ukufunda indlela yokwenza iilazi zakho zeglasi.
Kuphi Ukuthengwa Kweebhanki zeGlasi
Unokuthenga iintlobo ngokuthe ngqo kwi-Cedi Bead Factory shop. Ngaphandle koko, uya kufumana iimveliso zeprani kwi-market best bead e-Ghana, egcinwe yonke imihla eKhoforidua. Enye imarike efanelekileyo kufuphi nomthombo i-Agomanya Market, esebenza ngoLwesithathu neMigqibelo. Le ntengiso itholakala kwindlela ebalulekileyo phakathi kweKoforidua neKpong. Ukongezelela, ukhetho olubanzi lweembalo zeglasi ezingaphinda zifumaneke zifumaneke kwiimarike ezinkulu kwi-Kumasi nase-Accra.
Eli nqaku lahlaziywa nguJessica Macdonald ngoMatshi 21 ka-2017.