creative ornament

Shaped of terracotta and hand painted in bright folk art colors, these festive ornaments depict the Christmas star. Jose Arriola creates a set of six, and each one is different. Poinsettias with distinct stylizations adorn them. They arrive in a storage bag of handloomed cotton.

These brightly colored stars add festive fun to the Christmas tree. Marleny Chajon in Guatemala creates the four ornaments, which are crocheted by hand and arrive in a cotton storage bag.

Shaped of terracotta and hand painted in bright tropical colors, these festive ornaments depict the Christmas star. Jose Arriola creates a set of six, and each one is different. Poinsettias with distinct stylizations adorn them. They arrive in a storage bag of handloomed cotton.

The Kashmir artistry creates its own constellation in Fida Hussain’s newest set. The artisan uses papier mache to craft this set of five ornaments, whose star shape is embellished with little blooms and birds. Equipped with golden cords, the stars arrive in blue, red, yellow, green and black hues.

A set of four stars is ready to brighten up your holiday tree. Costa Rican artisan Blanca Padilla handcrafts these stars out of the fiber extracted from cabuya, a succulent that looks like agave. The artisan works with the cabuya's natural texture to form the stars, each bordered in a different color.

The art and skill of creating handicrafts from cabuya has been handed down through Blanca Padilla's family for generations. The artisan sources her material herself, growing and harvesting the cabuya, extracting the fiber, and preparing it for use in the handicrafts. Blanca Padilla hopes to help revitalize the cabuya craft industry with the success of her designs.