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| Paa Joe's creative coffins focus of Nottinghamshire festival | Paa Joe's creative coffins focus of Nottinghamshire festival |
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| A Ghanaian joiner noted for his creative coffins is displaying his work in Nottinghamshire. | A Ghanaian joiner noted for his creative coffins is displaying his work in Nottinghamshire. |
| Joseph Ashong, known as Paa Joe, has left Ghana for only the second time to spend a month as an artist in residence at Clumber Park, near Worksop. | Joseph Ashong, known as Paa Joe, has left Ghana for only the second time to spend a month as an artist in residence at Clumber Park, near Worksop. |
| On Saturday evening there was a grand finale featuring a procession with traditional music and his signature coffin floated across a lake. | On Saturday evening there was a grand finale featuring a procession with traditional music and his signature coffin floated across a lake. |
| He was brought over by Benjamin Wigley who is filming a documentary. | He was brought over by Benjamin Wigley who is filming a documentary. |
| 'Grandfather of the trade' | 'Grandfather of the trade' |
| In 2008, Paa Joe had to leave his workshop in the centre of Accra to move to his storage hut two hours away, but his customers did not follow and his coffin-making business suffered. | |
| It is now hoped he can carve out a new career as an artist, helped by Wigley's documentary with Nottingham-based Artdocs. | It is now hoped he can carve out a new career as an artist, helped by Wigley's documentary with Nottingham-based Artdocs. |
| A spokeswoman for the group said: "Paa Joe is a master craftsman and the grandfather of the fantasy coffin trade. | A spokeswoman for the group said: "Paa Joe is a master craftsman and the grandfather of the fantasy coffin trade. |
| "Since 16 he has been crafting beautiful coffins that represent the lives of the people for whom they are made - a Coca Cola bottle for a street vendor, or a lion for the head of a family. | "Since 16 he has been crafting beautiful coffins that represent the lives of the people for whom they are made - a Coca Cola bottle for a street vendor, or a lion for the head of a family. |
| "He has produced thousands of coffins, the majority of which lie deep under the ground." | "He has produced thousands of coffins, the majority of which lie deep under the ground." |
| Some of his work has already exhibited internationally as examples of the Ga culture, including at the British Museum in London and the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. | Some of his work has already exhibited internationally as examples of the Ga culture, including at the British Museum in London and the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. |