This piece features a pair owl on a perch design in this traditional Haitian design Hand cut and embossed this piece is 23 inches in diameter Meet the Artisans . 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