Join me in this video as I explore the Kobe Tough, a brand centered around Bead and Leather accessories showcasing Kenya’s rich craftsmanship. From intricate beadwork to fine leather creations and the fusion of tradition and modern artistry. Checkout the video for a more detailed video description.
KOB is a representation of Beauty and the toughness of Africa savannah they deal with the making of ceramic beads and I’ve been upskilling the traditional beaing skill of the massai women which is so beautiful let’s go on this journey and take a to of K together do you mind showing my
Camera the dance and pictures and it is okay thank you [Applause] You [Applause] [Applause] in soing the CLE this water for a period of two weeks that’s when the clay will have broken down and become fine and also the help us in the sing of the clay for the clay to dissolve in the water then after the 2 weeks you’re going to save the
Impurities then now pour the solution in that clothing there then now leave it openly just as the way it is to evaporate the excess water through direct sunlight it will take around 3 to 4 weeks if there is good sunlight like right now but like during the r on and
Off it can take a month plus for the clay to be ready for the and then from here know the ladies will show okay okay yes so this is the making Department after the clay is ready we give it to these ladies then they’re going to use the mold thisas is this in
Measuring the same sizes of clay yeah and then now from there they’ll take the pieces of clay roll it in their palms to make different shapes and use that small needle that she has in her hand in putting hold through in each bit then from there she’s going to take all the
Beads outside they be sun dried for 3 hours and then this is what you get okay it’s so strong yeah it’s tough don’t touch it and then now from here now we bake it for the first time in the oven now so how do you get this you have another
Mold for the sh we have a mold for the shape okay yeah but also you get to see some elephants some elephant well done well done she has a small gift for you thank you so I have to leave this to dry it’s already dry oh okay okay okay thank you so
Much rainbow means beautiful what about elephant this elephant yeah that’s what does it mean then t t oh okay yeah thank you thank you thank you so much well done this is so beautiful for us from here what we do give them the pieces of leather and the
Tiny glass you you did this yourself right you made this yourself not really the leather we bite from a local yeah then we give them just the piece the leather just direct from the tary and the glass B and then the glass beads we buy them we don’t make them so she’s
Going to do the different beading then from there it’s going to have the stitches at the back I’m going to show you how we cover up the stitches in the leather department but before that this is how complete bed looks like so nice this is a
Col guys she has been in this business of ceramic since 1976 can you imagine anyways well done Ma God bless you thank you thank you everyone bye thank you so much for the gifts thank you yes so this is the after the ladies have done the different designing and the building
Remember it has the stitches at the back so they’re going through the to the stitches they’re going to cover it with a leather lining a c treated skin yeah then they’re going to glue them together this is really nice well done hi good morning well done can I can I fill that bag
Yeah you made this right it’s so nice well done sir oh you did this Frank you did this I’ve no seen I’ve not seen someone make this type but I thought of see it in the market it’s very nice is it’s clean yeah it’s clean well done sir this is really
Nice hey there’s talent in this world though s you’re talented well done because I Will anyways I have this cute one with me is dead though so you guys are different shapes of the baits so now it’s there Sun drying it after molding it this one the one I got it’s dried already this is so Nice hi good morning good morning everybody morning yes so this is the glazing Department we obtain the glazing powder for mix it with natural water to have a glaze solution then after the glazing we take the okay so they can paint different colors okay this is cute my
Being for 8 hours at 1,000° C for 8 hours yeah at 1,000° C wow and then now this is what you get this after 8 hours this is what you get wow this is why they expensive look at the process and then now we’ll check these beeds for Quality check then these
Ladies will help us in making different products okay have the one decorations working on you get to see other in the sh oh so they come up with the designs themselves yeah they are the design then we have the small animals we have the what she was painting there yeah
Comes yeah this and also we have the cord key holder we have the elastic bracelet which is customized also we have a customized key oh yeah herey there customized and also a customized necklace nice also this is the gift we got this is the aftermath if it has actually gone through the whole
Process it’s so strong this is really nice this is so beautiful you guys are so talented bye bye y be so beautiful you guys wow we should have not bought things like that in that place because things here are so be he $40 if you buy this one for b b they
Don’t P make you no back it’s so cute you guys the quality of this stuffff should we take hey we see money we do maybe what what do right there is that not $50 $250 that man was making right you guys these people make everything and they
Just put us through the process of how they make every single thing They al they available on Amazon they sell on Amazon and one other one this one is $35 you guys ah I was looking for big bag e $250 the are they are nice the quality is really Crazy which V theyy which was that it’s so pretty for the beach is it is it unisex I mean it looks like I mean I already bought like okay I don’t have a beach bag but I have a big bag CR I look at this decorative piece well go
Closer and look at the price oh my goodness but but it is very thick the quality is crazy yes color a necklace so I’m going to buy two for ourselves like Twining okay you want to Twin with me yeah pick one a total for $3 I’m I want to know
It thank you thank you thank you very much so molding beaing glazing leing and this is a Workshop
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This is lovely
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