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A Zoo of Crafts. This issue spotlights handicrafts that feature in fascinating stories told about animals in indigenous communities around Mexico. ...

Tiles. Tiles are Arabic in origin but have become emblematic of the Mexican aesthetic. They are the skin of Mexican architecture, and feature a var...

Pure cotton napkins, made with care and determination on back strap looms, by the skillful, talented women from Michoacán. As the batches of napkin...

Hand-woven on a back-strap loom by the imaginative artisans in Chiapas, Mexico, with a passion for colors, and a great talent to put those colors t...

Bright red makes every dinner table an exciting background for your culinary achievements, and the dark green, navy and cherry stitches, borders an...

Carlos Mijares Bracho, Architect. Carlos Mijares Bracho reinterprets the relationship between construction materials, space and geometry. His work ...

From Red to Mexican Pink. If countries were colors, one might say that Mexico glows in purples, pinks and reds, including the shade we all know as ...

Sign Painting: The ‘Other’ Muralism. Mexican cityscapes feature ingenious drawings whose aim is to sell products, advertise their benefits or quite...

Astonishing color combinations and patterns come out of the imagination and skillful hands of the Michoacan artisans that have been making table li...

Astonishing color combinations and patterns come out of the imagination and skillful hands of the Michoacan artisans that have been making table li...

China Poblana. The history of the china poblana lies somewhere between Oriental legends and Mexican folk tales. Who is this woman that has captivat...

Manuel Parra: Architect. Manuel Parra was one of the greatest Mexican architects of the twentieth century. His work was unique in that he recycled ...

Mathias Goeritz II: A Passion for Space. The concept of “emotional architecture” was central to the life and work of Mathias Goeritz: its holistic ...

Mathias Goeritz: Obsessive Creativity. 2015 marks the hundredth anniversary of Mathias Goeritz’s birth and a quarter century since his death. As a ...

Mathias Goeritz: Echoes and Labyrinths. The echo and the labyrinth were two fundamental components of Mathias Goeritz’s aesthetic project. Here we ...

Limited Edition, Thanksgiving Season Only - Colorful, decorative peacock made of wool by the imaginative artisans from Chiapas. Ideal dinner table,...

Soft gray and white table runner, hand woven from 100% cotton on a pedal loom by the skilled artisans of Michoacán, just like the generations of ar...

Handmade on traditional pedal looms, by the famous artisans in Michoacán. Available in sets of 4. 

Handmade on traditional pedal looms, by the famous artisans in Michoacán. Available in sets of 4. 

Handmade on traditional pedal looms, by the famous artisans in Michoacán. Available in sets of 4. 

Handmade on traditional pedal looms, by the famous artisans in Michoacán. Available in sets of 4. 

Handmade on traditional pedal looms, by the famous artisans in Michoacán. Available in sets of 4. 

Handmade on traditional pedal looms, by the famous artisans in Michoacán. Available in sets of 4. 

Handmade on traditional pedal looms, by the famous artisans in Michoacán. Available in sets of 4. 

Handmade on traditional pedal looms, by the famous artisans in Michoacán. Available in sets of 4. 

Handmade on traditional pedal looms, by the famous artisans in Michoacán. Available in sets of 4. 

The Postcard. Postcards came into being in an era when, for most people, the mail was the only source of information about “far-off lands.” Now the...

Rebozo. The path traced by the weft and warp united by the weaver’s rhythmic movements, the intertwining of threads by the women who make the fring...

Limited Edition, Christmas Season Only - Colorful, decorative deer made of wool by the imaginative artisans from Chiapas. Ideal dinner table, coffe...

Guanajuato’s Renewed Splendor. The adventure of recovering the state of Guanajuato’s historical heritage began twenty years ago, when Guanajuato an...

Saltillo Sarapes. Despite being one of Mexico’s most emblematic garments, many enigmas still surround the origins of the sarape, its historic devel...

Good for any market shopping, plus environmentally friendly.  Hand-woven on a back-strap loom by the imaginative artisans in Chiapas, Mexico, from ...

Christmas tree decoration in shape of a star with tassels, made of wool by the imaginative artisans from Chiapas. Available in Gray on White and Mu...

Astonishing color combinations and unrepeatable patterns come out of the imagination and skillful hands of the Michoacan artisans that have been ma...

Astonishing color combinations and unrepeatable patterns come out of the imagination and skillful hands of the Michoacan artisans that have been ma...

Astonishing color combinations and unrepeatable patterns come out of the imagination and skillful hands of the Michoacan artisans that have been ma...