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Cut metal artisans cut open 55-gallon drums, hammer them flat, and then mark designs on the black metal with chalk. Using a hammer and chisel, they pound and cut through the metal to make designs. Some are left black, others are painted. This piece is finished with a multi-step painting process to achieve the unique depth of color.

Among Haiti’s most original art forms is the cut metal ironwork from Croix des Bouquets, a small village outside of Port-au-Prince. In the early 1930s Georges Liautaud formed imaginative cemetery crosses from recycled metal cut from oil drums. An artistic tradition has grown from those humble beginnings and now the village has become a center for this art, with more than 60 workshops.
  • Painted cut metal
  • Paints guaranteed lead-free
  • 22Lx22H inches
  • Made in Haiti

UPC Code: 732919428926

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The nonprofit CAH, Comité Artisanal Haitien or Haitian Committee of Artisans, markets and exports crafts made by Haitian artisans, cooperatives and craft groups.

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