 We bring you 100% Kenyan music all the way and other than that we educate you as well and right about now I have a guest in studio he goes by the name Graham Leyan he'll be talking about giving you tips on biduak and string art and how you can make a living out of that. How are you feeling? Feeling nice thank you for the welcome. So let's first of all talk about biduak your name Leyan I'm sure that is from the Maasai community. Is that something that influenced you kutengeneza bituza bids? Ya ya actually Leyanza biduak back then in primary school and nikiwa mdogo my mum used to have some bids kwa yumba so nikiwa nachi zanazo niki try kumik some rings and bracelets so nikiande liatu na yo interest then after that nikianda high school so that's when you start kwanzaku ziawatu In high school kulu kono jiawatu na suma now ama beshte zako out of school Na beshte zango tu in school And by the way when you talk about biduak You can see You can see Miko no yutiko adont DJ Nesh Siutu nyeshe piya ya Ine ninesi ikona imoziz So um when it comes to biduak kuna very very common bituza nyesi uona commonly nili na inspired designs zenewe una fanya I know these things are out there but you need to be creative you see like kamae ni umefanya nesh with the smiley faces nili na inspire your creativity Okay actually that design nili ono kwa internet and nika developu interest kusabu Like sija yo na yo huku within this place Zenezi koni zile Kenyan Kenyan plug So klu kwa na beshte ngo yutua dan piya usha na So toka explore toka tapta materials and that's how it started Yeah other than bracelets what else do you make na biduak kuna nizatengineza picture na biduak nizatengineza choka belt all the masai ono Yeah So um price range ya bituza koni about how much Actually ina depend ina depend na the art ama the biduak kanya nizatengineza kusababu kuna kuna zile doggondogo semi a ring and price na semi a choka or something like address So maybe let's say a ring a hand shielding ina depend na ina depend na amountia kazi e nyu utafanya So um interest ya ko ya string art ili toka api kus biduak string art is oni bitu Different things Okay string art ili anza actually alivizia alikona string art koni mbaki So but ili kwa po So that's when ili anza ili anza kwa na interest so ina bidu kwa internet kusach on materials ina faku to miya and all the stuff So kwen na nini masai market nili anka pata hakuna hakuna mituna fanya string art So nika wana maybe ita kwa market poa sana kwa So nika anza pole pole kama ono na this piece nili this one here So nili beside kwa nika kula boya string art kusik bodi kuna bib So that's my idea And um ni materials gani sana sana una to miya uktengeneza nini string art other than the strings of kwa Okay other than the strings Okay kuna kwa na two types of boards kuna the MDF board na kuna nini to playwood MDF ni gani? MDF nidi ohiya pa This one? Playwood Playwood ni elepal Elepal So kuna difference this one is thicker than that one Yeah So ukitu miya playwood ikuna limitationza kepe Like lazima lazima utumiya maybe kitu kitu kavanish ama piyoneza kavan na kitamba kamae Yeah playwood So naka kavan na kitamba alaf sasa So unatumiya kitamba utatumiya gam mahali utatumiya nails nasasa strings Yeah Kwa playwood akuna kitamba kwa MDF akuna kitamba Okay sorry MDF Yes MDF akuna kitamba Okay Na izi um izi materials ni izili accessible kwa mtu muyanat kakufanya string art Yeah yeah they are easily accessible Is it something that you can actually live from like you can get your daily bread from string art and incorporating biduak badu Yeah I know people who have no other job other than art Like kuna mtu na pata ami funguwa dukaya ke ama eka biduak na art Laki ni sasa do maybe upate a lot of cash from it maybe sasa will employ some people kwa ni ata kwanoksedia Kwanimi I think you can't mtu izi hando liyo lebiote pekiake Okay who is the hando lebiote kwa sababu Let's say kwa make one string art Okay a complex one Yeah It will take almost two days So let's say for example kuna order from ten people kuna we will delay them Yeah So in itaju kuna work So out of these three Miki Mouse the biduak Yes and the rasta here Yes See rasta but Afro Which one is more complex More complex the biduak Ie ni kuna biduak So in do na kuteku more time Yeah took a lot of time Juhia bids ama Yeah because of the art senior na the biduak So kama ilu kuteku how many days Took me like three days Na izi price range ya ke Price range Okay Kuna kongana sizes So kuna A3 size A2 na A1 Is on the move for any So A3 size ina that's the smallest sasa We arrange from 1500 Kwendelia So kwa sababu ina depend Piana complexity art And then zile za A2 Is on the konga 45 Kwendelia Alafsasa A1 A1 san is a big Ile kuboka bisa So that's around 8000 Yeah So the bigger The bigger the art The more the money But the more the money But the more the money But the more the money But the more the money But the more the money But the more the money But the more the money Fania bikoma Like sasa nungo ti ya kugordo Oh nungo ti ya kugordo Do you think Kouse nyu ulitek And you, employing urself who needs vulnerable Ya kusababu Audio Actually art ni passionate IAlexandru I Knongve I Can use Lakas My passion Mama my talent kumiku money Kweyana Niren kama I Can manage my money I Knongve I can manage my money So would you, if today umesema wuna graduate and things went well and you got a very well-paying job 9 to 5 wuna eza take yu job? Actually, ya, na eza take but during my free time, badu says ya chaat So what I think what I'll do, I'll just look for some young people coach them, train them, alafu, badu jinetako So sayi akunam tu na coach? No, I have a friend, ya, wanyana funga Okay, ina take how long kufanya string at? Okay, ina depends asana mtu ju kamu kwa so interested, Ita take a lot of time but initaji a lot of practice, no come up na at smart Uel kuchu kwa how long? Actually, okay, mimi, mimi na zase mani kwa talented Okay, alright, alright kusababu, the first art, okay, wanyana kwa internet which kwa that picture from the internet, nika post So one person kwa order akoda yo at na sikuwa na jara, sikuwa na materials So nika nda, nika buy materials nika tengeneza like, ikwa my first art, ya, puku practice na na ilikam out very nicely Actually, this is my second piece This is your second piece? Ya, my second piece Adada na nene ulifanya ya kwanza? This is the second one How many pieces have you sold since that time? Nene, na ndiwa kwa ya pili Ya, this is my second one Sawa, sawa, anya by the way that's mad talent, atuta agi with that So challenges zene una piti ya mukifanya string art nika magani Okay, challenges Kwanza una na string art ina taka una tumia block colors So una pata kastoma niza kumbia na taka umchore portrait string art Asa you na kwangumu kwa sababu fades also down to the difference na easy come out na string art ala fupia time time inakula time mobs What type of string ina tumika kutengeneza string art? Okay, ya, actually he string in itwa 18 ply 18 ply Ina tumika kushona net zza fishing na nia very strong string So si zile za kushona Za kukureshi No, no, no Initwa 18 ply na zikwa habile mo Okay, how expensive? Not really expensive So generali material seekitu ya nini very expensive You can easily get good profit margin suki Yes, actually keni nalipa kwa art sana ni creativity na the time meni me take kutengeneza kitia kusababu Maybe muntu wak muntu tu anumu perso muntu tu wubin Monyana kapitul mo baneza anza Aneza anza So itaji kapitul mingi kwanziya kasi kamani So if someone wanted kukupata for training would you be willing to train them and at what kakitu Ya, muntu akitaka kuja training Aneza kuja tu But sasa we talk to wajue Prazi Ya, prazi Okay, amekata kusema lakini sana kwanukupata wazi Okay, my social media handles ni Facebook ni Leyan Graham alafu Instagram ni dabo underscore Leyan dabo underscore alaf sasa my art page ya Instagram ni Kitosmart Africa Africa with a K Okay, nice Since you are a very young person very young person still in school and still pursuing your passion uneza mbi anini the young people out there in terms of pursuing their passion and still going to school Okay, actually wana uke o campus wana kongana time free mobsana So me neza mbi am triang use that time kufanya kitu creative kibizana na pashoniako and try to think of a way uneza fanya ikue a business na iku saidi isi kue tu ni pashon na fanya and does not maybe haiku saidi Okay, thank you so much for coming through Thank you We will talk to Masalamo Mahali Ya, actually I know my mum is watching My mum is watching my dad is watching and my siblings and so my friends and family I want to tell you that Thanks for watching Okay