Today is the first real day of our safari, and after checking out of the House of Waine, we drove a short distance to a local workshop that makes beads and pottery. Their mission statement says it better than I can:
Did you ever watch the show “How It’s Made”? We got just that in our personal tour of how a clayologist (okay, I made up that word, but you already know what it means) found suitable local clay deposits, the first step in the process of refining, cleaning, squeezing, and prepping the material. Once in long tubes, the clay goes into the workshop where women turn it into dozens, hundreds, thousands of unique beads, as well as dishware and figurines. I’m sure you know the process from there—firing, cooling, painting, glazing, firing, repeat until the beads are ready to string into bracelets and necklaces and export to locations around the world.
I didn’t absolutely love the work—it’s heavy and bulky and not quite my style, but it was fun to support the shop, and Dwayne bought me an anklet while the girls each found souvenirs.
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