All our African sandals and belts are handmade which means many hours of work go into making just one pair.  The bead work alone for one belt takes a whole day and for one pair of sandals takes 3 hours.   

The leather is bought in a Tannery in Nairobi and then dyed and dried in the sun.  It is then hand cut with a strong knife for the leather uppers and the leather soles.The bead work is a real art and is not easy.  In fact, it takes a few weeks to train someone to bead correctly, as it is very intricate and not easy to pick up.   The bead work is mainly done by ladies and is terribly time consuming.  They have to sort the beads and thread each individual bead onto a thread (sometimes working to complicated patterns).  They then stitch the beads to the leather upper design, which is then attached to a fabric or leather back.  This beaded upper is then glued to the rubber sole (which again is hand cut out) and machine sewn .