Metalwork TREE OF LIFE wall hanging handmade in Haiti Start Price USD 60.00 Current Price USD 60.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, July 21, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 24, 2008 Location Bartonsville, PA See more about 'Metalwork TREE OF LIFE wall hanging handmade in Haiti ' Description                FAIR TRADE WORLD CRAFTS                    TREE OF LIFE METAL WORK These intricate wall pieces are made from recycled oil drums in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti. This piece is made by Carlos Brutus, one of the metal artisans. It is 24" in diameter. Each piece is handmade and there all slight variations in the patterns. The photo is the basic design, they all vary slightly.                                                             Please email me with any questions                                                            BID WITH CONFIDENCE 100% rating Producer Profile Founded in 1990 by a multinational group of young entrepreneurs, Caribbean Craft—formerly known as Drexco—promotes employment in Haiti by training unskilled - but often highly gifted - craftspeople, and by assisting the independent artisans through the introduction of new designs and new market outlets. Unemployment in Haiti, the poorest country of the American hemisphere, is variously estimated at between 60 and 80%. The organization has gone through rough times during the past years, marked by political troubles and economic difficulties including a 3-year long embargo on all Haitian exports. Drexco saw in 1997 its premises totally ransacked and then destroyed during gang violence. Relocated in a higher-security industrial park, the organization currently employs 400 artisans either as salaried employees or outside contractors, with roughly equal numbers of men and women. Caribbean Craft’s specialty is the brightly colored, artistically hand-painted home décor objects, which can be purely decorative, such as wall hangings , or consist of objects useful in the home, like switch plates and magnets. The natural artistic talents of the Haitians are well known, and many of these hand-painted pieces are truly works of art. Place a Bid!

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