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Handicraft

The motto of handicraft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is: “Art made with quality”.

A common way of judging a location and its population is by examining their local arts and crafts, so let’s take a look at what is actually made in Saint Vincent. Local artist workshops are mostly situated in the capital, Kingstown, and display a great variety of multicoloured articles and products, meticulously elaborated by native men and women through a choice of fine raw material: reed, bamboo, coconut, local wood, banana leaves and even certain types of metal… Hand made natural dolls seem to come to life under the talented fingers of the islands’ craftsmen, and the unique design of these toys is really one of a kind. Artists such as Yvonne Roudette, well-known local handicrafts expert and arts teacher give the island’s art their own personal touch, shaping every single item by hand: jewellery, fabric prints, paintings, wickerwork, natural essence, oil and precious and semi-precious stones.