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Song Birds Cut Metal Wall Art

Handcrafted in Haiti

Availability:
Out of stock
SKU 8000790

Song Birds Cut Metal Wall Art

Handcrafted in Haiti

Availability:
Out of stock
SKU 8000790

Item Status: NLP
Item Date: 2019-06-01
UPC Code: 732919515961
STORY

Vibrantly colored birds dance through the branches of a graceful tree while the sun shines in the hand-painted Song Birds Cut Metal Wall Art. To make this lively wall hanging, artisans cut open 55-gallon drums, pound them flat, and then mark designs with chalk. Using a chisel, they cut through the metal to make designs. Among Haiti's most original art forms is the cut metal work from Croix des Bouquets, a small village outside of Port-au-Prince. The tradition began in the early 1930s with Georges Liataud's imaginative cemetery crosses crafted from recycled metal.

DETAILS
  • Recycled metal cut from oil drum top
  • Includes artisan's signature
  • 22D inches
  • Handcrafted in Haiti
ABOUT THE ARTISAN
Comite Artisanal Haitien
HAITI
The nonprofit Comité Artisanal Haitien (CAH) was founded in 1973 to help rural craftspeople sell their wares in Port–au–Prince, to provide income a...
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