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document.write("<p>Guerlande Balan has broken time-honored tradition in Haitian metal sculpting, simply by being female.  In a field dominated entirely by men, female sculptors are making headway and Guerlande is leading the charge.  Born in 1985, she began to help out in the shop of her famous brother Julio at the age of 10.  Like “the boys,” her first jobs were to burn out the barrels, sand the metal, and pound it flat.  Julio saw that his little sister not only had desire to learn, she had an eye for style and hands eager to execute.  With his encouragement, she began creating her own designs. Guerlande admits, though, that no matter how intense her passion for art is, or how deep her talent runs, her greatest creation by far, and the one that gives her enduring pride is her daughter, Ashley Jean Francois.</p>");
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