Fan Flower Oaxaca Barro Negro Ceramic Napkin Holder _artisan--novica-artisan-3268 Abstract shapes of sterling silver

Abstract shapes of sterling silver and copper

Realistic colors are added by hand in lustrous lacquer

and are suspended from sterling hooks

A pride of lions marches around this ring

passion and sensuality

Fan Flower Oaxaca Barro Negro Ceramic Napkin Holder _artisan--novica-artisan-3268 Abstract shapes of sterling silverThis 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