Silversmiths Project
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Please download our PDF for additional information.
View the "Ibo Island Silversmiths" video here:
The
lack of socioeconomic opportunity on Ibo Island is a serious problem.
For this reason Kevin and Fiona Record, owners of Ibo Island Lodge, have
intervened.
Our Silversmiths
Traditional
silversmiths on Ibo Island hand craft exquisite, intricate, jewelry
using ancient Arab techniques and tools. The artisan-artists are simply
continuing an ancient Ibo tradition of producing fine metalwork. This
jewelry is found nowhere else in the world. The project aims to
stimulate a more equitable distribution of the benefits, and provides
high quality raw materials to the silversmiths. In order to do this, Ibo
Island Lodge has set up a distribution network with a company in Cape
Town and the jewelry is exported all over the world providing a far
greater return for the crafters.
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Saving Silver
The
growth of jewelry production on Ibo, and the employment it provides, is
largely the work of the lodge and the various donors and NGO’s who have
assisted the lodge with this project. Forty traditional silversmiths now
work on Ibo, some from the 17th century star-shaped fort and the others
from other spaces, and some from the premises at Ibo Island Lodge.
Guests can learn more about this ancient craft from the lodge and can
also observe these artists at work and commission special pieces from
them.
In May 2010, Rashid the head silversmith at the lodge was
flown to South Africa to attend the Indaba travel trade show where he
exhibited his silver work and skills alongside the Ibo Island Lodge
stand creating huge awareness for the project, and the craft at large.
He loved his South African experience telling us that it had changed his
whole outlook on life! |
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