I go to the
Kazuri bead factory about once a year, usually with visiting friends interested to see the cottage industries in the city and how they work. Kazuri Beads is a fairtrade initiative that enlists disadvantaged single mothers in the production of beads and pottery - not a new concept, but I think a good one. It's such a charming little place tucked away in Karen, with such nice ladies on the 'assembly line'. And who doesn't love a big pile of painted beads?
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| Beads are hand-moulded out of ceramic dough, one at a time |
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| On the 'factory' floor |
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| Assorted pottery ready for the oven |
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| Sun-dried beads |
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| Bead abacus |
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| Stringing beads together to create jewelery |
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| Decades-worth of bead storage, from as far back as the '70s |
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| Bead paint |
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| Elaborate beaded mural |
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| Surrounded by finished product - beads & pottery of all colours & shapes |
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| My Kazuri mug that I use every second of every day (that's a guinea fowl in case you can't tell) |
I believe that the fashion industry will be a very big industry judging from the way things are going. Lets be honest, in Kenya we need such industries to grow to increase employment.
ReplyDeleteKazuri is a good example of this and if we keep going in this direction, i believe we are on the right track.
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