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With hearts of red, two angels add to your home decor in this pair of statuettes from Bali. Togog Suyasa creates the pair, handcrafted of albesia wood and finished in glittering gold and silver. Each angel is completed with hair of pandan fiber and an iron halo.

Gleaming with golden hearts, two angels add to your home decor in this pair of statuettes from Bali. Togog Suyasa creates the pair, hand-carved of albesia wood and painted in tones of red and white. Each angel is completed with hair of pandan fiber and an iron halo.

This gorgeous Santa is ready to be that helping hand you need this holiday. Guatemalan artisan Marleny Chajon knits each detail of this crocheted design in a palette of red, white and ivory tones. Then, she finishes her creation by adding a plastic hoop for holding your towels.

The fun and adorable side of the holidays inspires artisan Rajesh Gehlot to create a cute accent for your home decor. Crafted from wool felt in India, this lovely felt tree skirt features Santa adorably playing in the snow, inviting you to celebrate the charming essence of the season.

Costa Rican artisan Blanca Padilla designs and handcrafts this lovely trio of angels from fiber extracted from cabuya or fique, a succulent that looks similar to agave. The cabuya fiber is a beautiful creamy antique white, and the artisan works with its natural texture to from the features of this wall sculpture. Gold thread is woven with the cabuya to accent each angel's halo and the hem of her gown, and she carries a lovely bouquet of paper and natural dried flowers in red, yellow, and green. A star shoots over the trio.

The art and skill of creating handicrafts from cabuya or fique has been handed down through Blanca Padilla's family for generations. The artisan sources her material herself, growing and harvesting the cabuya, extracting the fiber, and preparing it for use in the handicrafts. Blanca Padilla hopes to help revitalize the cabuya craft industry with the success of her designs.