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Haiti Metal Art

Outside of Port-au-Prince is the small town of Croix des Bouquets. You know when you arrive since you immediately hear the tap, tap, tapping of a hammer and chisel on a used oil drum. This, then, turns into amazing arts.

The result is the greenest of green arts, the chicest of the eco-chic. This cuff bracelet, for example, is made from a used metal oil drum, without the benefit of power tools (unless you have a generator, there's no power in Haiti during the day), so no carbon footprint for these bracelets.

About the process

Historically, this town had been the dumping grounds for 55-gallon metal oil drums. In the 1950s, the residents of this town started making art out of this metal.

Here's the way it works: The ends are cut off of the drums, and then straw is placed inside to burn out the residue. Then the artisans go at that clean/ish metal with a hammer and chisel and viola!

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