Art & Craft
Top Left: Emiliano Cuselli of Tropical Art Glasses Above Left: Rolling cigars using the finest cuban tobacco at Caribbean Cigar Company
Top Right: Carving at Harwood Woodworks Above Right: Diane Bourne-Daniel with her Bajan dolls
Workshops Wendell Weatherhead of Pottery Palace showcases a line of pottery ware, consisting of bowls, vases and cups. He specializes in teapots with rattan handles and unusual shapes. Vallis Kellman renders a wide array of leather craft items. Frank Harwood of Harwood Woodworks produces wonderful mahogany salad bowls and mortars and pestles. Angelique Custom Creations is where exquisite jewellery is made on site from precious metals. Valda Clarke of Val's Manufacturing makes colourful cotton clothing. The unique trinket and jewellery boxes crafted in mahogany by Kenny Williams of Williams Legacy are a collector’s delight. Emiliano Cuselli of Tropical Art Glasses showcases very decorative and interesting fused glass work. At Ann's Craft Centre, Gloria Gaskin's colourful straw bags continue to capture the spirit of the island. Next door at Roots and Grasses, Ireka and Princepine Jelani produce their unique and very high quality baskets. Upstairs the ladies at Caribbean Cigar Company are hard at work rolling cigars from Cuban tobacco. Fine Art Framing, the oldest framing company in Barbados, has a display of local art for sale. Next door you’ll find Glass Creations, where trophies and glass work is produced. Exstrawdinary continues to make quality straw bags and loom-woven mats and hangings.
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