Recycling Oil Drums

I love Croix des Bouquet.  

 

It's an area in Haiti where they recycle the 55 gallon oil drums into beautiful works of art with nothing but a hammer and a nail.  Shelley uses their work in many of the Apparent Project necklaces.  It adds such a unique look.

When we traveled to Haiti last month, I asked Shelley if she would take us all there.  It's completely and totally amazing to pull up into the neighborhood and hear the tink-tink-tink of the artisans working.

Shelley has found a metal artisan who is willing to take special orders.  We sent Shelley our requests weeks before we went and Claude Pierre worked on all of them.  When we went that day, we were able to meet him.

Russ thought big and ordered an entire verse of scripture.  He has a HUGE wall in his office at church that needed something unique.

Claude Pierre didn't quite have it finished yet, but he showed Russ what he did have.

 

Russ and Claude Pierre

By Friday, he had it all finished and delivered it to the Apparent Project House for us.

And today - it made it to the wall in his office - 

 "From an oil drum to a work of art 

proclaiming the riches of God's grace."

 ~ Russell Franklin

 What a wonderful piece of art work that Russ will enjoy for years to come.  

And being able to meet the artisan - priceless! 

Until next time......