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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.
