Fiema Crafts and Tours

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="063a6553.jpg"> <div> <B>Fiema Crafts and Tours</B><B><meta name="keywords" content=" Arts and Crafts in Ghana, Ashanti beads and bead makers using recycled glass, Adinkra printing, printed cloth, Adinkra stamps, kente weaving, kente cloth, kente village, wood carving, lost wax cast brass. Recycled materials including recycled glass, recycled plastic, recycled brass. Kumasi community Fair Trade Tourism Concern Responsible Environment recycled "></B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Are you interested in School, library or similar workshops?</div> <div> Tailored to different age groups, from 1 hour to 3 hours, in traditional African bead-making, Adinkra printing, and carving? <A HREF="workshops.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Workshops"><U>Go here</U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="hand_crafted_jewellery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hand crafted jewellery"><U>For more about brass and powder glass beads go to Fiema Crafts.</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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For five hundred years, beads have been traded to Ghana - and you can still find these ancient beads in the markets! Then artisans learnt to crush imported beads to create their own designs. </div> <bR> <div> There are hundreds of bead makers using different techniques - powder glass beads, painted beads, translucent beads, as well as stone beads and snail shell beads. </div> <bR> <div> On a Ghana bead tour you will meet the artisans, and they will show you how they make the beads. Then you can make your own beads to take home!</div> <bR> <div> You get to work directly with local crafts people and bead makers in Ghana. You will also visit Kente weavers, making traditional hand woven Kente cloth; Adinkra printers, printing cloth with black Adinkra dye by hand with carved calabash stamps; and brass casters using the lost wax process and car parts to create traditional figurines and modern crafts. </div> <bR> <div> You will receive personal tuition from local craftmen in the traditional techniques they have passed on from generation to generation for hundreds of years. You will learn from them the historical and religious significance of their work, and experience the life of the village. </div> <bR> <div> (To see more of what they make go to our <A HREF="hand_crafted_jewellery.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hand crafted jewellery"><U>Craft Pages</U></A>).</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> The tours are personally led and involve no more than six people at one time, to ensure you have individual attention from the craftsmen.  </div> <bR> <div> In a fourteen day tour you will see all following crafts:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="brass.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brass casting"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Brass casting in the village of Kurofofrom</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="beads.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beadmaking"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Beadmaking in the villages of Dabaa, Oyoko and Obawale</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="carving.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Woodcarving"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Carving in the village of Ahwiaa</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="kente.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kente weaving"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Kente cloth making in the village of Bonwire</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="adinkra.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adinkra printing "><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Adinkra printing in the village of Ntonso</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contactus"><U><B>You can specify dates, book, or ask for information here.</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fiema Crafts"><U><B>Fiema Crafts</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Fiema is a Fair Trade supplier of crafts from Ghana. </div> <bR> <div> We have a personal relationship with the producers, who are typically village based co-operatives, and encourage them to improve the quality of the goods rather than reduce price. Ideas for design and product development are transferred back to the producers from buyers and retailers.</div> <bR> <div> Crafts include Adinkra printed cloth, Kente cloth strips, powder glass and brass beads, bead jewellery, brass ornaments and cloth.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="fairtrade.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Responsible Travel and Fair Trade princi"><U><B>Responsible Travel and Fair Trade principles</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=18.75% BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="http://list-manage.com/subscribe.phtml?id=1abfdd2abb " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://list-manage.com/subscribe.phtml?i"><U>Click here to subscribe to my newsletter</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Ghana holidays and tours"><U>Tours home page</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="dipo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ghana Crafts Dipo Festival tour"><U><B>Ghana Dipo Tour</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="craftstours.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ghana Crafts tour"><U><B>Ghana Crafts Tour</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="cycling.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ghana OffRoad Coast to Coast Cycle Tour"><U><B>Ghana Cycle Tour</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="wilderness.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GhanaWilderness"><U><B>Ghana Wilderness Tours</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="workshops.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Workshops"><U><B>Workshops</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="feedback.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Feedback on Ghana and Ashanti tours"><U><B>What people say</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travelling in Ghana"><U><B>Travelling in Ghana</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Terms and conditions"><U><B>Terms and Conditions</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contactus"><U><B>Contact us</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="fairtrade.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Responsible Travel and Fair Trade princi"><U><B>Responsible Tourism and Fair Trade</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tour links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peru Clearance Offer"><U><B>Peru Alpaca Special Offer</B></U></A><B>!!!</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fiema Crafts"><U><B>TO SEE THE CRAFTS PRODUCTS CLICK HERE</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>