Fan Flower Oaxaca Barro Negro Ceramic Napkin Holder _artisan--novica-artisan-10279 Features multiple cat entrances and

Features multiple cat entrances and lounging areas

Handwoven by skilled basket weavers in rural Kenya

Indian elephants parade through a leafy forest

Less than 3% of South Puget Sound’s native prairie remains

5 carats altogether

Fan Flower Oaxaca Barro Negro Ceramic Napkin Holder _artisan--novica-artisan-10279 Features multiple cat entrances andThis 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