Handmade Haitian Folk Art, Metal Veve Milagro Heart, Metal Voodoo Wall Decor for Sale

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Handmade Haitian Folk Art, Metal Veve Milagro Heart, Metal Voodoo Wall Decor:
$24.00

It\'s Cactus Metal Art Haiti

One of Kind Haiti Metal Wall Sculpture

Handmade Haitian Folk Art, Metal Veve Milagro Heart, Metal Voodoo Wall Decor 6\"x9.5\"

These wonderful sculptures are handmade from 55 gallon oil drums in Haiti. The steel drums vary from brown to grey to black. As such, colors will vary on each, unique piece. Thank you for supporting our artists. Each purchase makes a huge difference in the quality of their lives.

Artist- Wiseton Brutus

Whether born into one of the artisan families ofCroix-des-Bouquets, or drawn from the Haitian countryside by the prospect ofeducation and work, It\'s Cactus 80-plus sculptors know that their futures aresecured by art, tradition, and fair trade. Beginning in the 1950s with GeorgesLiataud, the former railway blacksmith turned folk art pioneer, creativity andinnovation have gone hand in hand with teaching and sharing. Liataud, observingthe surplus of steel drums in his village, saw opportunity and resources. Hecut the metal barrels, using only a hammer and a chisel, and began fashioningsimple crosses to mark gravestones in the local cemetery. His work attractedthe attention of DeWitt Peters, founder of the Center d’Art in Port-au-Prince,who brought him into the Center and encouraged him to explore his craft. Takingthat advice, Liataud expanded his repertoire and began depicting cultural aswell as religious images. Additionally, he experimented with dimensionality andform. Equally important, he began to share his knowledge, taking on GabrielBien-Aime and the Louisjuste brothers as apprentices. And those men, nowregarded as great masters in their own right, taught the next generation, whoin turn taught the next. So it is today, with several It\'s Cactus artistshaving trained with these early master sculptors, now opening their ownworkshops, and sharing their techniques with the young and eager. As one artistput it, “I teach people how to work. When I hire them, I help them to earn alife.”

Casey Riddell, founder of It\'s Cactus takes the artists throughthe next steps. By collaborating with them on design creation, placing orders,paying fair wages, and taking Haitian metal sculptures to the global market,great strides are made in helping the craftsmen of Croix-des-Bouquets helpthemselves. Guided by cultural respect and conscientious business practice,It\'s Cactus and its Haitian partner artists work toward their mutual goals ofuplifting lives.