Sunday, 19 May 2013
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........
Monday, 1 April 2013
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 ...........
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
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
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.......
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