JEWELRY Bracelets Earrings Necklaces Sets CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES Bags Fanny Packs Hats and Visors Wallets Accessories HOME DECOR Christmas Decorations Novelties Table Decor Wall Hangings Wooden Puzzles STATIONARY Book Accessories Cards Paper Pens COFFEE JELLY	Alexis [back to Meet the Artists] Alexis is making drums from calabash. He harvests the round gourd-like fruit, cleans it, sands, it, cuts the top off and puts on a wooden top.  He uses the tines from rakes to make the  fingers that play the music.  Alexis also makes wooden puzzles.  Alexis was in a terrible accident with a pick-up last year while he was riding his bike.  He was unconscious for weeks…and then didn’t know anyone and couldn’t walk.  But Maria stood by him, nursing him back to health…and he is just fine now…one year later.