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Jun 14th, 2009 by Isa2

A reader writes:

Hello,
I read all the comments and want to ask if you could help me in my case. I’m running a NGO in Ghana. We are teaching the youth in Batik, Tie and Dye, Screen printing and also in old methodes of fabric printing. To keep our program running ( the students get the training free of charge) we desided to find a market to sell our products. Could you give me a hint how to find this market?
Some of our fabrics can be seen on our website. http://www.richardsfoundation.wetpaint.com
We made a lot more then I was able to post.
Thanks in advance,
Helen from Ghana

Thanks for your letter, Helen. Perhaps some of our readers will be interested in your group’s fabrics. You might let us know who currently has the fabric available for sale and what it costs and any other purchase details.

Isa2

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on 17 Jun 2009 at 9:00 am1Helen

Thanks Isa2,
I’m working on bringing the fabrics to Maryland/USA. Europe will come soon. I found friends who will voluntarily help us to mail the orders to the customers. I can also send direct from Ghana per Lufthansa Cargo. Still I ask all you readers who like to order from this fabrics to contact me, for more details at: richarts@yahoo.com (subject: Tie & Dye Fabrics)
Wholesale price 1 yard/ Euro 7,00 ( minimum order 30 Yard) negotiable
Retail price 1 yard/ Euro 11,00
Transport not incl.
Thanks
Helen
on 17 Jun 2009 at 9:07 am2Isa2

1Euro = $1.38 therefore, wholesale price is $9.66/yard, retail is $15.18.

These prices are VERY fair.

To see the fabrics produced, click on the PHOTOS link at Richards Foundation website.
on 18 Jun 2009 at 5:59 pm3deb strother

I am looking for examples of Adinkra printed fabric for teaching my high school students about African textiles. I would love to get some 5″x5″ samples to show my students. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks. Deb Strother
on 20 Jun 2009 at 4:09 am4Isa2

Hi Deb,

I rarely see factory produced adinkra prints, and since the actual adinkra cloth is hand-printed, and therefore costly, I couldn’t imagine cutting it up to hand around. None of my suppliers have anything that resembles adinkra cloth, though here and there is a print that has one symbol as part of the design.

I recommend that you refer your students to photos—many available online—for their information & inspiration. This site, for example, is very informative: http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/adinkraposterde.pdf

The Newark Museum has something that might be useful: http://www.newarkmuseum.org/TeacherResource.html

If anyone else has better suggestions, I’d be happy to learn of factory made adinkra cloth that I could make available to interested readers.

Isa2
on 21 Oct 2009 at 10:09 am5GH for schools

I, too, am looking for Adinkra cloth examples for school kids. I would also like to purchase a few examples of the real stamps. Photos are fine, but the real thing is much better.