CRAB NAUTICAL HAITIAN METAL DRUM CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
CRAB NAUTICAL HAITIAN METAL DRUM CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
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This crab decoration is handmade in Haiti from steel drums. They are light enough to hang on a holiday tree and keep the CHS Steel Band in mind during the holiday period - or hang on a patio for enjoyment throughout the year!
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.
