Indigenous pottery is a significant part of Ghanaian culture and the oldest handcrafted art in Ghana.
The product comes to live life lay and other ceramic materials fired at high temperatures to give them a hard durable form.
The most commonly patronized and produced in the country are the earthen Ware pot, ceramic bean pots and earthenware bowl, While for most, patronage is for culinary purposes and aesthetics, some make a living of it.
A visit to a Pottery Shop by Business Daily reveals that the price influx has caused changes in the business.
A Pot vendor who has been in the pottery business for over 3 years recounts how business has been over the years.
“This is a good business. Pots before weren’t expensive, I used to sell them for 10, 7 and 5 cedis for the smaller size. It’s not he same today, prices of lorry fare has shot up. The pots are not produced here in Takoradi, I purchase them from far away.
The makers of the pots have increased the prices so we have also done the same. We now sell it at 15, 20, 30 and 40 cedis, every product’s price differs.,” she recounted.
She spoke on how challenging the pottery business can be operated without a shop.
” Sometimes, I make money from the business, sometimes I make lossess. My products are set by the road side. Sometimes, by passers steal some, other times they deliberately open the products, I have covered,” she said.
