Black Ceramic Decorative Vase with Hand Painted Animals - Beautiful Fauna 21-Mar Laborers work with shovels

Laborers work with shovels

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The earrings are expertly crafted by hand with the polished elegance of sterling silver

A checkered pattern in hues of ivory

Mexican artisan Guillermo Arregui creates a fascinating pair of drop earrings in the style of Taxco silversmithing

Black Ceramic Decorative Vase with Hand Painted Animals - Beautiful Fauna 21-Mar Laborers work with shovelsTo produce this marvelous ceramic decorative vase, Luis Alberto Gutirrez follows the same procedures his ancestors did, including the use of pulverized stone mixed with clay and water to produce all natural colors. Raised in a town on the Nicoya Peninsula where pottery has been made in much the same way for hundreds of years, the Costa Rican artisan says that when learning his craft he, 'had the help of many of my relatives who would give me their