The Trend of Metalworking Techniques and Skills: Its Transmutation to Jewellery Production in Wa Municipality, Ghana

Abstract

Metal works have become global commodity highly patronized for living. In Wa municipality metal works are used in both the formal and informal sector for various purposes. These to some extent have created jobs for the technical and vocational incline individuals in the municipality. Although there are a lot of metal works used in the municipality, some are produced for use while others of equal demand are not produced but used in the municipality. The study seeks to find out the types of metalwork produced and used and those not produced but used in the municipality.

Descriptive survey research was used as the methodology and random sample technique was used in sampling the metal design and fabricator. The study uncovered many techniques and methods used in fabricating metal works and Jewellery works in Wa municipality. These techniques and methods though have different orientations, yet they all stride on similar processes. The study recommends that with the discovery of similar processes that are used by the metal design and fabricators in Wa municipality which are also the processes that are used in fabricating Jewellery which they are not producing there should be a training seminar to practically teach them to start producing Jewellery for the people in Wa municipality.