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Wide of artisans making wooden bowls in workshop 2. Mid of woman handing bowls off to another worker to be finished 3. Mid of woman applying varnish to bowl 4. Close of face of woman artisan while she works 5. Close of woman sanding...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of artisans making wooden bowls in workshop \u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of woman handing bowls off to another worker to be finished \u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of woman applying varnish to bowl \u003cbr/\u003e4. Close of face of woman artisan while she works \u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of woman sanding bowl \u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of women sanding bowls \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nathalie Tancrede, co-founder of the Artisans Business Network:  \u003cbr/\u003e\"We really want the boom to come back. We want people to come buy from Haiti not because they have pity for the Haitians but because the product is well-made, it's well-priced and it's something they can use.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of shop interior selling handcrafted mirrors and metal art pieces \u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of metal art pieces hanging on wall of shop \u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of metal serving platters in shop \u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of men creating metal art work\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close of artisan working on sun-shaped metal piece \u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of artisan working on sun-shaped metal piece \u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid of artisan painting varnish on metal handicraft \u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of artisan sketching design on metal piece with white pencil \u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of artisan drawing leaf design on artwork\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of wood workshop of Einstein Albert \u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid of artisan with shirt covering his mouth to protect from sawdust as he shapes wood \u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of artisan sanding bowl  \u003cbr/\u003e20. Close of artisan smoothing inside of wooden bowl\u003cbr/\u003e21. Mid of woman sanding wood bowl  \u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide of Einstein Albert (left, in black shirt) inspecting wooden bowls being produced in workshop \u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE (English) Einstein Albert, artisan workshop owner:  \u003cbr/\u003e\"When we look at Cuba, they have their cigars. Colombia has coffee. If Haiti has an image to sell and can compete in the Caribbean, offer something or create more jobs, it is through the handicraft sector.\" \u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid of Albert talking to artisans in his workshop\u003cbr/\u003eThe sharp tang of varnish hangs in the air as a dozen women and a few men cut and scrape logs into bowls destined for U.S. department stores. \u003cbr/\u003eThree years after a devastating earthquake, there's still not much economic traction in this long impoverished Caribbean country, but one small niche has taken off: arts and crafts.\u003cbr/\u003eThe artisan industry is enjoying a boost from advocacy groups that are helping organise workers and improve quality. Big retailers Macy's and Anthropologie and three high-end designers are among those working with at least five artisan groups to export Haitian arts and crafts.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the densely packed district of Carrefour, an entrepreneur curiously named Einstein Albert leans over workers as he walks through a courtyard and inspects the latest order of wooden bowls. \u003cbr/\u003e\"When we look at Cuba, they have their cigars. Colombia has coffee,\" said Albert. \"If Haiti has an image to sell and can compete in the Caribbean, offer something or create more jobs, it is through the handicraft sector.\" \u003cbr/\u003eHis bowls are made from ochebe, a hardwood prized for its lack of splinters and resin, harvested from the forest of 25,000 trees he grows in southern Haiti.\u003cbr/\u003eEach bowl takes six weeks of carving, sanding and sealing with 13 coats of lead-free varnish. They've been sold at select Macy's stores for 75 US dollars each and by U.S.-based crafts websites, along with Port-au-Prince's few high-end hotels frequented by aid workers, diplomats and contractors. \u003cbr/\u003eThe artisans themselves make significantly less. They're paid by the piece or the hour, but prolific workers earn more than Haiti's minimum wage of 200 gourdes a day, which is less than 5 US dollars. Albert said some of his workers take home twice that amount. \u003cbr/\u003eAlbert said the family business he inherited has benefited from the new demand for Haitian crafts. It now brings in 60,000 US dollars to 80,000 US dollars a year, twice the amount before the earthquake, and he invests part of the proceeds in a school he runs to train craft workers. \u003cbr/\u003eThe number of artisans has increased and more workshops have opened across Haiti, thanks in part to an injection of more than 3 million US dollars from outside groups like the Inter-American Development Bank and the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, a pro-business non-profit set up by the former U.S. presidents. \u003cbr/\u003eThe number of regularly employed artisans jumped from 450 in September 2011 to 2,100 as of July this year, says the Artisan Business Network, a newly formed advocacy group based in Port-au-Prince.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We want people to come buy from Haiti not because they have pity for the Haitians but because the product is well-made, it's well-priced and it's something they can use,\" said Nathalie Tancrede, co-founder of the Artisans Business Network. \u003cbr/\u003eDesigners including Rachel Roy, Chan Luu and Donna Karan have also become big post-quake boosters, purchasing and selling jewelry designed by Haitian women. \u003cbr/\u003eThe gains by Haiti's artisans fit in a larger trend called \"ethical fashion,\" in which small businesses employ women craftsmen in developing countries to produce one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted designs for \"socially conscious\" consumers. \u003cbr/\u003eThere are no solid figures on how much Haiti's arts and crafts contribute to its exports, but they rank far behind clothing. \u003cbr/\u003eThe garment sector accounted for 93 percent of Haiti's 768 million US dollars in exports last year, which were up from 563 million US dollars the year of the quake, according to Haiti's Central Bank.\u003cbr/\u003eHaitian crafts had peaked in the early 1980s, when thousands of artisans were employed. 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