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Steel Drum Art - Semi Circle Bicycle Handmade and Fair Trade

Steel Drum Art - Semi Circle Bicycle - Croix des Bouquets

$99.95

This intricate wall piece made from recycled oil drums in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti, features a bicycle semi circle design handcrafted by Carlo Brutus. 32 inches by 18 inches with a natural patina with high gloss finish. Suitable for indoor or outdoor hanging.

Meet the Artisans

Metal Artisan in Haiti 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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