Roots & Leaves Cut Metal Art
Handmade in Haiti
$89.99
In stock
SKU
8000660
Remember that nature is beautiful both above and below the surface. To make the Roots and Leaves Cut Metal Art 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 Haitis 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 Liatauds imaginative cemetery crosses crafted from recycled metal.
- Cut metal wall art
- 23.25Wx22.5H inches
- Handmade in Haiti
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Comite Artisanal Haitien
The nonprofit Comité Artisanal Haitien (CAH) was founded in 1973 to help rural craftspeople sell their wares in Port–au–Prince, to provide income and to help reduce the flow of migration from the
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