table top

Using traditional Spanish majolica techniques, the Contreras Family in Mexico creates gorgeous tableware. This beautiful serving dish is crafted and painted by hand with a colorful colibri or hummingbird, surrounded by a border of feathery flourishes. The lead-free serving bowl makes a wonderful addition to a well-dressed table.

Asunta Pelaez paints beautiful motifs by hand on glass panes that cover this decorative box. Featuring elegant butterflies that explore a floral garden against a purple background, it is the perfect home accessory for storing small items.

Created for the World Peace Project, this beautiful tray, hand-painted by the artist Flora Polo in Peru, is a clear message of peace -- and a tribute to World Peace Day.

The artist's explains that her intention in painting the message on a tray is an allegory to creating peace as a daily ritual and shared consumption on the table. Human sharing, and the innate goodness that we carry in our DNA, are directly connected to all beings on this planet, she comments.

Via the traditional reverse-painted glass technique, the artist creates a charming wooden tray featuring doves surrounding the world and asking for peace. The hearts at each corner form the phrase "Love and peace in this world," in Spanish, and the center reads "World Peace Day."

A colorful palette represents the vast variety of flowers in an Andean garden. Painted on the reverse side of glass panes, the motifs cover a beautiful box by Felicita Espinoza. Gilded borders add elegance to the hand crafted coffer.