Monday 11 April 2011

The nearby future_ stay with us

We are now gonna work on a stock-in-trade, this might take a while since the bags are very much labour-intensive. Now that we have seen how our initinal thoughts are becoming really beautiful Barrow Bags, we go on with our plans and we will try to find ways to distribute the bags. We hope you will stay with us till then!

More Barrow Bags

After Moussa showed us the first Barrow Bags, we asked him to go on with the good work he is doing for us. Barrow picked more empty waterbags from the ground and together Barrow and Aicha cleaned and prepared them to bring to Moussa again.
The bags are each unique because they are handmade. The cloth that Moussa uses for the lining are leftovers. The Barrow Bag on the right has a lining made from the leftover of a weddingdress, which makes this a very personal bag and a nice souvenir to a romantic day.

Where the Barrow Bags are made





Here at Moussá you see how young boys get a training on the job.
It is really amazing what they do with these sewingmachines.

How the waterbags are used


Lamin shows us how the waterbags are used.

How the waterbags are sold

On the Brikama market walks this vendor-boy with the waterbags on his head

Sunday 3 April 2011

The prototypes arrived

Moussa, the taylor,
brought to us the prototypes  and we are really delighted.

We now ordered for some more of these beautidful Barrow Bags, and we will keep you informed.
Don't you just love them!