Cedi's Bead Factory 
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I spent a lot of my time at Cedi's bead factory learning how to make glass beads. The staff at the factory in Odumase-Krobo were great teachers

Cedi making beads
Cedi making beads

Filling the clay mold with glass powder
Filling the clay mold with glass powder

Learning from the bead master
Learning from the bead master

Making designs with different colored glass
Making designs with different colored glass

Cassava stick in the bead makes the hole
Cassava stick in the bead makes the hole

Clay Molds
Clay Molds

Lots of clay molds next to the oven
Lots of clay molds next to the oven

Glass filled molds enter the clay oven (made of clay from a termite mound)
Glass filled molds enter the clay oven (made of clay from a termite mound)

Firewood is added in the back
Firewood is added in the back

   
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