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Art That Sustains Communities and Mother Earth

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Art That Sustains Communities and Mother Earth

QUESTION: What do you give the person who has everything?

ANSWER: Something beautiful made by some who has next to nothing.

When that gift you purchase helps to sustain a family, a culture, and the Earth, then we can all smile. I'm talking about sustainable crafts made by indigenous Mexican artisans.

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Mexico By Hand and the Diego Rivera exhibit at SFMOMA!

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Mexico By Hand and the Diego Rivera exhibit at SFMOMA!

It was a challenging project to bring artesánia from Michoacán to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for the Diego Rivera exhibit, but Mexico By Hand  is thrilled and honored to play a part of this wonderful show. Here's how it happened...

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Returning to Zipiajo!

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Returning to Zipiajo!

We met Elvia Silva Bartolo in 2004 while Doug and I were shooting our documentary. She’s in Zipiajo, a Purepecha village way off the beaten track where a few artisans make unpainted terracotta clay pots and gorgeous embroidered blouses.We didn’t know about the embroidery at the time, and until we were in Elvia’s workshop we had no idea that she had an incredible talent for sculpting clay animal figures. We bought a few small ones that day, and later purchased some that won prizes in Michoacán state fairs. She has a piece in the prestigious Museo del Arte Popular in...

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Adios 2020!

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This year, during a global pandemic when so many holiday gifts were delayed because the post office and FedEx are so overwhelmed-- I enjoyed being one of Santa's elves. Well, I didn't totally enjoy it, because I actually worried and stressed a lot about our customers getting their packages in time for Christmas.

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Beautiful pottery—but is it food-safe?

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Beautiful pottery—but is it food-safe?

Mexico By Hand is committed to working with potters in Mexico who use sustainable methods for producing food safe pottery. We buy lead-free pottery from the artisans because it is important to us to protect the health of the artisans, their families, and you-- the consumer.

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