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Cool Breeze Wall Art

Handcrafted in Haiti

Availability:
in stock
SKU 8002050

Cool Breeze Wall Art

Handcrafted in Haiti

Availability:
in stock
SKU 8002050

Item Status: ACTIVE
Item Date: 2021-05-01
UPC Code: 732919528992
STORY

To make this work of art, 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
  • Cut metal wall art
  • 23D 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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