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Working in the tradition of alebrijes, Mexican duo Zeny and Reyna create this cool sculpture of a fox. In a resting position, the sly animal is carved by hand of copal wood. This beautiful creature is diligently painted by hand with intricate motifs in tones of blue and purple.

Alebrijes are a fairly recent Mexican art form, attributed to Pedro Linares. Unconscious due to illness in 1936, he was presumed near death and yet his dreams were extremely vivid. He tells of a place where all was peaceful and quiet until all of a sudden there appeared a lion with an eagle's head, a rooster with bull's horns and a donkey with butterfly wings. They kept screeching "alebrije, alebrije!" and Pedro began running away. He encountered a man who told him it was not yet his time to be there are and he should continue running towards the exit. In this dream Pedro climbed out of a window and regained consciousness.

A delicate eggshell brocade centers this cotton table runner in sapphire blue. Olga Jimenez works on the traditional backstrap loom to weave a textile of exceptional beauty. Luscious macramé fringe culminates in flirty tassels on each end.

Lifting the hem of her wide skirts, a beautiful catrina in blue launches into a sevillana. Maria Lozano in Mexico crafts the stunning skeletal figurine from papier mache, painting it carefully by hand. Lozano designs the figurine after the original "La Calavera Catrina", a zinc etching created by the artist José Guadalupe Posada in Mexico around 1910. Posada created the character, a female skeleton with an elegant hat, as a satirical portrait of Mexican natives who aspired to European style and denied their own heritage. The catrina has since become an emblem of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebration and a popular folk art subject.

Infused with the beauty of nature, Salime Cruces creates striking hand-blown glass designs inspired by its textures, colors and shapes. Committed to environmental stewardship, she employs recycled glass and sustainable energy sources, such as solar panels and recycled cooking oil for kiln firing. This Mexican artisan introduces a set of four juice glasses hand-blown from recycled glass and enriched with lovely blue pigments, destined to be the highlight of your upcoming dinner gathering.