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Dressed in her traditional huipil, this girl from Tenejapa in the Chiapas highlands patiently waits for the start of a harvest ceremony. Angel del Palacio illustrates this magnificent portrait using crayons and colored pencils on paper and adds his signature on the bottom left corner. The composition is matted, mounted on a pinewood stretcher and covered with a protective pane of glass.

Titled "La niña del maíz" in Spanish.

The game that blends chance and skill in exciting ways, dominoes make a fun and decorative addition to your home with this set from Mexico. The talented artisans of the Sierra Family work with natural dark grey marble to create this set. Crafted by hand, the 28 pieces arrive within a storage box shaped like a large domino.

The game that blends chance and skill in exciting ways, dominoes make a fun and decorative addition to your home with this set from Mexico. The talented artisans of the Sierra Family work with natural pink marble to create this set. Crafted by hand, each piece arrives within a complementary storage box shaped like a large domino.

A faceless woman meditates as she sits on an open book. Working with the linoleum block print technique, Marina Pallares explores her global vision for world peace. The artist explains that the butterfly alighting on the corner of the book symbolizes the transformation of a being who dragged herself along the ground, but transforms into a winged creature that will take flight. Gentle doves are released from her bowed head.

"This print arose from my vision of world peace," the Mexican artist comments. "It's very similar to my ideas about ecology. Everything begins with the individual person with a global vision. That is, when we find our own inner peace, it's inevitable that we'll project it to everyone around us.

"Meditation is one of the simplest ways to gain access to our inner being. It gives us a sense of union with everything and helps us remain in the present. Meditation and education make us more conscious.

"Peace begins in oneself, on the basis of self-knowledge, self-love and education, making ourselves one hundred percent responsible for our own lives."

Titled "La paz comienza por casa" in Spanish.