Fan Flower Oaxaca Barro Negro Ceramic Napkin Holder Yoga Working with 'London blue' topaz

Working with 'London blue' topaz

The jaguar's yellow face is painted by hand with black spots and colorful floral motifs

Due to the handmade nature of this item color

displaying a beautiful variety of natural colors

A classic 1928 design

Fan Flower Oaxaca Barro Negro Ceramic Napkin Holder Yoga Working with 'London blue' topazThis 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