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| Posted On: | 03-Feb-2001 |
| From: | "david Evans" [dkevans.....edu] |
| Subject: | Re: [Roatan] Local Crafts and Artisans |
Steve, you will note in The Bay Island Sourcebook, that we have not listed art work in any way...that is because up until 1995 no one has publkished a thing that we could find on Bay Island art or artisans...only a little on islanders who now lived in La Ceiba. Not that there were not artists on the island. I have collections of wood carvings from Punta Gorda that date back to the late sixties, but there was absolutely no place to see art work of any description until recently, especially with the event of the Cruise Ships, a mixed blessing as far as I see things. There are a few mainlanders now living on the island who are quite good, but all are in wood carving. Veronica Jackson, a handsome grandmother of about 70 or so but looks like she is in her early sixties, paints small paintings on almost anything, including matchboxes, makes gayly embroidery decorated shirts to resemble the old feed sack shirts of the sixties that many an islander, and at least one young anthropologist and his wife, wore everday as a "common day shirt" or a "bush shirt". These feed sacks had either a bright red rooster or a big red rose on them, and Veronica stills makes them with these old images embroidered on them...a lot of hand labor goes into each garment...great for the beach or pool. Dhe also makes table napkins with fist, or crabs, or sand dollars or star fish, etc., on them as well...nice gifts. She can be found most times in Coxen Hole, very poor, no phone, or somethimes she comes out to various resorts to peddle her wares, including banana wine...great stuff, but not a long shelf life! All the best....dke Steve wrote: > Shoot, I just heard something about Melvin a couple of months ago. I hope > he continues. Some of his work was unique. His larger pieces and best work > was often a little disturbing though. I don't mean that anything was > morally objectionable, but I remember looking into the face of one of his > large angels (about 4 feet tall) and being reminded of the stories of > spiteful and vengeful deities. My description is lacking, but the > experience was interesting. > > When I last talked to Melvin, I took a writer friend over who was visiting > and wanted to meet him. We were talking about art and inspiration and > Melvin said, "I just see the thing inside the piece of driftwood and then > let it out." > > For local creative work, I should probably also mention the band Bobby > Reiman and Tunu. The music is a combo of Blues, island, and Roatan. Two of > the members are not from Roatan and two are native islanders. I really > enjoyed their music when I was on Roatan and they made a limited run CD > recently. I just pulled out the CD and am going through the tracks: > Roatanified, Grey Marine from Hell, Cruise Ships by the Dozen, and RECO > Blues. If you read the lyrics, you can get a good feeling for Roatan. > > Anyway, the CD is available through the web directly from Bobby's son and > there are clips from some of the songs, plus complete lyrics for all the > songs at: > http://www.roatanet.com/bobbyrieman/ > > Take care, > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 12:54 PM > Subject: Re: [Roatan] FW: Local Crafts and Artisans > > Steve...there is Veronica Jackson in Coxen Hole...makes the great shirts, > aproms, small paintings, etc., etc. I think Melvin in Sandy Bay may no > longer be working. It seems he has some problems. > All the best...dke > > Steve wrote: > Hi,I wrote to this person already and told her about Melvin in Sandy Bay > whom does the striking wood carvings. Does anyone else know of island > artisans?Best,Steve -----Original Message----- > > > -- Please visit us at our Overseas Research Center Roatan Island Website http://www.wfu.edu/~dkevans http://www.roatanet.com | |
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