Round Fish Bones Metal Wall Art - Croix des Bouquets
Depicting three fish as bones in the ocean, this piece of metalwork, handcut and embossed from recycled oil drums in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti, has a natural patina of the oiled metal. It is 24 inches in diameter. Suitable for indoor or outdoor use.
Meet the Artisans
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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.
