western decor

Carrying on the Zarate family tradition, Bertha and Ubaldo design this amazing ceramic vase, making a wonderful addition to your home. They handcraft the vase of ceramic, its exterior elaborated with different sized holes using recycled tools. Inspired by themes of transparency, this piece of home decor is given an alabaster finish.

Perfect for displaying bouquets of flowers or for simple home decor, this vase from Mexico is created by Juana Ponce. Working in the tradition of Talavera folk art, she crafts the vase from ceramic, featuring colorful floral motifs that are painted by hand.

Perfect for contemporary home decor, this small vase is created by Arlen Estrada in Nicaragua. Crafted from terracotta, the vase is fired at high temperatures and then hand-painted with colorful geometric motifs.

Holding an ear of corn in his teeth, this plump little dog replicates those found in shaft tombs throughout western Mexico and especially in the state of Colima. Artisans from the Angel Ceron Artisan Association depict the itzcuintli, a cheerful, barkless species prized by ancient man. Sculpted in clay as funerary offerings, they accompanied their masters in death to aid the soul in crossing rivers of blood along the road of the dead.

Margarita Revilla, a master artisan versed in malleable materials, produces this charming wall cross in her Jalisco workshop through an exhaustive process. This cross has ample care and purpose put into its creation, with the artisan firstly impressing the design into clay, burnishing to give it a striking black finish, drying it for two weeks, then baking it for three days to arrive at completion. Incorporating a floral design on the cross, Revilla blends the pre-Hispanic pottery style of barro negro, commonplace in Oaxaca, with the ancient symbol of the Western religion that arrived in Mexico with the Spanish.