Tartous-Sana
Sawsan Abbas transformed her creative sense, talent and artistic skill in designing handicrafts of various shapes and types made of bamboo and natural remnants into a small project that formed a source of livelihood for her and her family.
Mrs. Abbas, a resident of Ain Balog village in Tartous countryside, explained in her interview with SANA reporter how she adapted bamboo and the environment in making traditional handicrafts and its various forms, which she manufactures with high skill and craftsmanship, including chairs, tables, wooden models, flint, bread containers, hospitality boxes, baskets of various shapes and sizes, vases, bottles, paintings, and others.
Abbas' participation in exhibitions and festivals provided her with a strong motivation to continue her work in creating unique and distinguished works, considering that the reason for her success in transforming her talent that appeared since her childhood into a small project and her continuation of her work for 15 years is due to the support of her parents and the trust of customers.
Abbas explained that the tools she uses in her small workshop are very simple and somewhat strange, including tree branches and bark, oak fruits, fruit peels, straw, wheat ears, cloth and wooden pieces resulting from the remnants of her husband's furniture carpentry workshop.
According to her, Abbas seeks to overcome the obstacles and difficulties it faces in marketing its products and the high prices of some raw materials to increase production and provide assistance to women who want to learn this craft and help them establish their own business and enter the labor market.
Hiba Suleiman
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