PUBLIC OPINION ON LEATHER WEARS.......

Hello friends, i have taken  the time to conduct some research on why some people prefer leather products to any other wears and why they purchase the product in general........knowing the opinions,ideas and interest of people really makes me happy and that is why i want to use this plat form to let all my blogger friend know that any form of contribution from them is highly welcomed on leather products...........so please  do expect some series of my interview wit the public........

SOME ARTIFACTS AND TYPES OF LEATHER IN GHANA

   The growth of the fashion industry is one that has not gone unaffected by the popularity of leather. It is not possible to walk in the city and miss a person who is either wearing or carrying an item that is made of leather. This natural material is highly popular in the market. There are so many areas that you will obviously find leather applied......

      Leathers in Ghana can be dyed in to different colors in order to suit the taste of consumers...... Colors such as  red, black, white, pink,yellow,blue, per-pule among others are dyed and then made into artifacts such as leather bags,shoes,sandals,drums,belts.......
         Skins of animals such as snakes,crocodiles,are preferred by most consumers because they are seen as durable and long lasting skins.........Again, it is a fact that some Muslims in  the three northern part of Ghana namely,Upper East, Upper West,and the Northern Regions use the dried sheep skin leather for prayers after their EID-UL-ADHA festival celebrations......which is also known as the festival of sacrifice........Also, during this festival animals are fed and bathed so as to look very healthy before they are been sacrificed..... 

sheep skin leather removed from the wear house about to be sold...... 

                                          SOME TYPES OF LEATHERS

dried sheep skin leather......

dyed sheep leather.........

dried crocodile leather about to be made in to an artifact.......

Dried snake leather.....

                                 SOME ARTIFACTS MADE FROM LEATHER.........`

leather been made in to strings to be fixed on to the local drum............

A well made drum with a sheep skin leather covering it..........

                                               photo by ABDUL RAHMAN

Fair of sheep  skin on the drum for producing a good sound.......

Sheep skin sandal.........

A mixture of white and brown sheep skin sandals.......

Smooth leather sandals.......

Different colors of skin sandals........ 

                                                      Photograph by ABDUL RAHMAN

A well snake leather bag and  smooth leather belts.......

A welled colored leather bag.......

More so,i intend to high light some reasons why people preferred leather artifacts to any other wears.......or why they wear the leather products ...........

Processes of Leather wear in Ghana

     Although leather  is  derived from different kinds of animals,it  can be described as a durable and a flexible material created by the  tanning of animal rawhide and skin,or a material made by removing the  hair from animal skins and preserving  the  skins using special processes.It   can be  produced through manufacturing processes ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.
    Leather has  for many years been part of human lives which still exist in modify way.Leather  comes  in many forms  which some  includes,vegetable-tanned leather which is  tanned using tanning and other ingredients found in vegetable matter,such as tree bark prepared in bark meals,and other similar sources and rawhide leather which is made by scraping the skin thin,soaking it in lime and  then stretching it while it dries.
    Leather making and processes are commonly done in the three northern regions of Ghana,namely Upper East,Upper West and the Northern part.The specific town noted for the making of leather in the Upper  East   region is Bawku

fresh skin.

scrapping of the fresh skin with a scraper

pounding of the leaves(bagaruwa) for the mixture of the dye

mixture of the chemicals with lemon juice for dyeing of the fresh skin leather

soaking of the chemical mixture for the dyeing of the fresh skin leather

early stage of drying the coloured skin leather

colored skin leather almost dried.......

  
among others in  I intend to throw more light on how leather is been made into product such as,bags,belts,sandals,shoes.drums the  country..

introduction to leather wears in Ghana

Hello bloggers,welcome to Rama Osman's blog. I will be introducing you on how leather is made in Ghana, the processes it goes through and how some artifacts are made from them.  Why people preferred leather artifacts to any other. i hope you continue to view my blog and i look forward to your contributions and comments. Thank you.......