Binciken da ake kira Cedi Bead Factory shine dole ne ga baƙi zuwa yankin Gabashin Gabashin Ghana. A nan, ana yin gilashin gilashi daga gilashin gilashin da ake sarrafawa kuma an sayar da su zuwa kasuwanni da kuma shagunan fasaha ta ƙasar da kasashen waje. Abinda ke yin gilashin gilashi yana da tarihin tarihi a Ghana. A cikin shekaru 400 da suka wuce, ana amfani da kayayyakin da aka gama a cikin bukukuwan haifuwa, da haihuwa, da aure da mutuwa. Yau, birnin Odumase Krobo da gundumar Krobo mai fadi suna hade da haɗin gilashin gargajiya.
A Cedi Bead Factory, zaku iya kallon tsarin samarwa mai mahimmanci daga farkon zuwa ƙarshe. Hakanan zaka iya zama dare kuma koyi yadda za a tsara ƙirar ka.
Cedi Bead Factory
An ɓoye hanyar da ba a daɗe ba, Cedi Bead Factory ba shine wuri mafi sauki ba. Da zarar ka yi, ana samun ladanka da kyan ganiyar kyawawan gonar da aka dasa a kusa da ginin gine-gine wanda ke aiki a matsayin ma'aikatar kanta. Wannan ba cibiyar kula da masana'antu ba ne. A Cedi Bead Factory aiki a kusa da 12 cikakken lokaci ma'aikata kuma shi ne mamaki shiru. Lissafi suna da kyauta, kuma suna ɗaukar kimanin minti 30 - yin wannan cikakkiyar matsala ga waɗanda suke zuwa Kumasi ko kuma Volta River. Ƙananan kantin kyauta yana da wasu kyawawan beads don sayarwa, da mundaye, 'yan kunne da necklaces.
Top Tip: Idan kana da kowane gilashin gilashi maras kyau, zaka iya sake maimaita su a ma'aikata. Gilashin launin launin fatar jiki (kamar jan ko blue) an sami karɓa sosai.
Yaya akayi Beads
Gilashin gilashin da aka yi amfani da shi an yi amfani da su ta hanyar amfani da pestle da turmi. Bayan an rage shi zuwa ƙananan foda, ana zuba gilashin a cikin wani ƙirar yumbu. An rufe cikin cikin cikin cakuda kaolin da ruwa don dakatar da gilashi daga sutura zuwa tarnaƙi.
Foda za a iya layi don ƙirƙirar launuka daban-daban da kuma alamu, ko kuma a ajiye su.
Lokacin da aka shirya, an sanya mold ɗin a cikin kiln da gasa. Ana iya karawa da kayan ado bayan ƙaddamar da farko. A wannan yanayin, gilashin gilashin gilashi an haxa shi da ruwa kadan sannan a fenti a kan dutsen, wanda aka sa a karo na biyu. Wasu lokuta ana ƙara dye don karin launuka masu haske, ko kuma lokacin da ba a samo gilashi mai launin ba. Don ƙarin ƙuƙƙun ƙwayoyi masu sutura, gilashin ya rushe zuwa kananan guda, kamar yadda ya saba da kasancewa a cikin foda.
Ana yin kiln daga yumbu mai yalwa. Ana mai tsanani ta amfani da kernels na dabino da suka ƙone a zafi mai zafi da kuma riƙe zafi sosai. Ironsmiths suna amfani da kwayoyin iri guda a garuruwan da ke kusa da kasar Ghana don yin amfani da magunguna. Gilashin gilashi yawanci ana kora don sa'a ɗaya. Da zarar sun fito daga kiln, an yi amfani da wani kayan aiki na ƙananan ƙarfe don ƙirƙirar rami don kirtani don shiga ta. Ana yin wasu ramuka ne da aka yi amfani da ƙananan kwari da ke ƙonewa a lokacin da ake harbe-harbe, yana barin raguwa.
Da zarar an sanyaya katako, an wanke su da yashi da ruwa. An yi amfani da beads a shirye don sayarwa a kasuwanni masu kyau a fadin kasar.
Bayanai masu dacewa
Don matafiya masu zaman kansu, hanya mafi kyau don zuwa Cedi Bead Factory shi ne ya dauki dakaru zuwa jigon kan babbar hanya daga Koforidua zuwa Kpong, tsakanin garuruwan Somanya da Odumase Krobo.
Daga can, yana da kyau na minti 20 da tafiya a gefen hanya, don haka kama taksi idan zaka iya. Mafi kyau kuma, hayar wani jagora mai zaman kansa ya kai ku zuwa zuwa Ho ko Akisombo, ko kuma ku rubuta wani wuri a kan yawon shakatawa.
Wasu gine-gine na gine-ginen an gina su daidai a kan ɗakin, suna ba da ɗakunan ɗakunan da abinci na gida. Wadannan sun dace idan kuna so ku ciyar da 'yan kwanaki koyon yadda za ku ƙirƙiri gilashin gilashinku.
Inda zan saya Gilashin Glass
Zaka iya saya kaya daga kai tsaye daga Kantin Kayan Wuta Cedi. A madadin, za ku sami samfurori na masana'antu a kasuwa mafi kyau a kasuwar Ghana, da aka gudanar kowace rana a Koforidua. Wani kyakkyawan kasuwar kusa da asusun shine Agomanya Market, wanda ke aiki a ranar Laraba da Asabar. Wannan kasuwa kuma yana kan hanyar babbar hanya tsakanin Koforidua da Kpong. Bugu da ƙari, za a iya samun zaɓi mai maɓalli na gilashin gilashi a manyan kasuwanni a Kumasi da Accra.
Wannan labarin ya sabunta ta Jessica Macdonald ranar 21 ga Maris 2017.