Oaxacan Style Oaxaca Barro Negro Decorative Ceramic Vase Chimpanzee Trust the sculpture is painted by

the sculpture is painted by hand using the tip of a maguey leaf

The various crafts practiced by Haitian artisans include unique metal artworks

Trisna Dewi crafts these chimes from bamboo

called baby alpaca

Oaxacan Style Oaxaca Barro Negro Decorative Ceramic Vase Chimpanzee Trust the sculpture is painted byThis decorative vase 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 lovely little vase has a distinctive round bowl decorated with cutouts. materials: Ceramic For decorative use only