-retired teacher Roxanne Adams finds joy in craft

Every year around this time, Guyanese of African descent would display pieces of their artistic work for sale in observance of the Emancipation Day festivities on August 1.
As we approach this very significant occasion, the Buzz spoke with Roxanne Adams, a retired visual arts teacher from St George’s High School.
She had been teaching at the institution for 25 years and now that she has retired from her portfolio as an educator, Ms. Roxanne has turned her hobby and creative talents into a lucrative business that promotes the beauty that is the African culture.
She currently has a ‘snacks and craft’ stall along the heavily-trafficked Main Street Avenue in Georgetown.
According to her, she is noted for her “super mixed mauby” which has always been on heavy demand around this season of Emancipation.

“We have Tibisiri, this is from our Amerindian people, but I like to sit and do this, if you look at me good, you’ll see craft in action, because whilst I sit I am always doing this, this is straw work,” she said, pointing to her pieces.
“You see the straws, and these here is mats and we can turn mats into bags of all shapes and designs. We also have our wooden designs to go with our African Clothing”, Adams boasted in her interview with the Buzz.
In plying her craft, Adams noted that through her years of dabbling in the crafts, adequate access to straws has been her major concern. However, as of recent Ms. Roxanne says that she is being supplied with straws from a friend who travels to and from the interior.
She has also encourage Guyanese, especially young girls to take up the hobby of crafts-making, since there is a lucrative market that stems from the tourism market.