Ceramic Decorative Butterfly Vase in Black from Costa Rica - Flying Beauty alltrays alder wood

alder wood

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The tiny figures wear red felt hearts on their handwoven cotton costumes

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Ceramic Decorative Butterfly Vase in Black from Costa Rica - Flying Beauty alltrays alder woodTo produce this marvelous ceramic decorative vase, Luis Alberto Gutirrez follows the same procedures his ancestors did, including the use of pulverized stone mixed with clay and water to produce all natural colors. Raised in a town on the Nicoya Peninsula where pottery has been made in much the same way for hundreds of years, the Costa Rican artisan says that when learning his craft he, 'had the help of many of my relatives who would give me their