Fan Flower Oaxaca Barro Negro Ceramic Napkin Holder _artisan--community-friendly-movement-tag-boilerplate Cotton & polyester with rain

Cotton & polyester with rain tree wood

a closed toe design for warm feet

' says Andean artisan Jorge Molina

Each piece is carved of quality mango wood that is stained in rich dark brown

Fan Flower Oaxaca Barro Negro Ceramic Napkin Holder _artisan--community-friendly-movement-tag-boilerplate Cotton & polyester with rainThis vase shaped barro negro napkin holder is handcrafted by artisan Anakarem. She works in the time honored black pottery tradition of Oaxaca, with techniques learned from her father. The fired clay is burnished to a sheen with a piece of quartz or obsidian and fired in a wood burning kiln, which transforms the clay and gives it a lustrous black color. This napkin holder has a fan shaped half flower on each side made through a combination of