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Hand-Painted Metal Floral Luminary-Recycled Steel Oil Drum Art-Fair Trade-Haiti
Hand-Painted Metal Floral Luminary-Recycled Steel Oil Drum Art-Fair Trade-Haiti
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The unique metal drum art began about 50 years back in Haiti when a blacksmith used discarded metal drums to make crosses for the cemetery. Today the artisans in the village of Croix de Bouquets in Haiti are engaged in transforming used metal drums into beautiful pieces of art.
This bowl-shaped luminary with painted flowers is handmade by artisans supported by Comite Artisanal Haitian. The organization supports over 200 artisans and their rich vibrant culture. The organization has helped these skilled artisans to promote their generations-old heirloom crafts. The various crafts practiced by Haitian artisans include unique metal artworks, river stone carvings, papier maché masks, and hand-painted wooden products.
- Measures 5” high x 6-1/2” diameter                  Â
To learn more about these talented artists and the village of Croix de Bouquets in Haiti, click on About the Artisans below.
About the Artisans
About the Artisans
 When you visit Croix des Bouquets, the area of town known for Haitian metal art in the capital of Port-Au-Prince, you are met with a cacophony of tink, tink, tink as ball peen hammers strike sheets of steel. The sheets are cut from steel drums colored by oil and other liquids the drums at one time held. The process of turning sheets of metal into beautiful wall art is all done by hand, from cutting holes that become edges of trees and leaves, to accenting each lizard with a texture of scales, to painting or lacquering the final design. The artists are proud of their work, signing the pieces on the back side, leaving a raised, reversed signature on the front.
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