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Mila's Mask, a new bilingual children's book about Mexican folk art and crafts!

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Mila's Mask, a new bilingual children's book about Mexican folk art and crafts!

A new children's book by Mexico By Hand's founder Peggy Stein. Mila's Mask/ La Máscara de Mila is the story of a little girl in the United States who spends a great deal of time at her grandparent's house which is full of colorful Mexican folk art. 

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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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Traditional Copper Cazos and the Covid Crisis

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Traditional Copper Cazos and the Covid Crisis

Mexico By Hand has sold a lot of hammered copper cazos this past year. Ever since the pandemic began we've had so many orders I honestly have lost count. Sales of cazos have helped to sustain us through these tough times of cancelled events and retail closures, and our customers as they are sheltering at home seem to appreciate our efforts to supply them. I suspected that the artisans in Santa Clara del Cobre are really hurting now due to lack of tourism and the cancellation of major sales opportunities for artisans like Semana Santa and Dia de los Muertos, and I hoped that...

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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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