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Shop Mexico Distraction Sale

Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 | 2 comments

I just discovered Instacart. It’s an App. I create the shopping list. Someone else goes to the store. I stay safe inside. I pay with my credit card. The shopper delivers the goods to my doorstep within hours after ordering. No more bare cupboard. It’s a miracle. And, I’m still safe and healthy, isolated, and needing a distraction.

So, I made some beautiful black clay pottery beaded necklaces this week. The beads are hand-rolled, individually formed in San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca. The artist, Adelina Pedro Martinez, is from a famous family that works in traditional high-temperature pit firing, fueled by wood. I have four necklaces to sell, listed below.

In addition, I brought with me filigree and amber earrings, a finely embroidered blouse, and an assortment of other lovely pieces made in Oaxaca and Chiapas.

Thankfully, the USPS is operational, so I can package these up and get them to you within a reasonable time from my sequestered place in Southern California. I’ll ship USPS Priority Mail.

How to Buy: Send an email to norma.schafer@icloud.com and tell me the item number, price, your name, mailing address. I will send you an invoice to purchase with a PayPal link. The total cost will be the item price plus $12 USD mailing cost.

#1, Oaxaca Finest Filigree Sterling Silver + Onyx Earrings, 2-1/2″L x 1-1/2″W, $285

#2, Graduated Black Clay Pearls with Hand-Carved Bauble, 22″ long, $145

#2 Detail, carved and incised bauble, sterling silver toggle clasp

A note about the black clay pearls: Each pearl ball is formed by hand. The stringing hole is made by hand while soft with a stick. When leather-hard, they are polished with a stone. Then they are baked in a wood-fired pit oven. Each pearl, therefore, has blemishes and irregularities, which make it an unique object of handmade beauty. If you are looking for perfection, these are not for you!

#3, Black Clay Pearls, 20″ long, sterling silver toggle clasp, $125

**SOLD.** #4, Coins (copper, base metal, Mexico and India) with Black Clay Pearls, 19″ long, $145

#5 Heart and Black Clay Pearls, 23″ long, w/3 unpolished accent pearls, $135

#6 Chenalho, Chiapas, densely embroidered fine cotton blouse, 23-1/2″L x 23-1/2″W, $85

#6 Bodice detail, precise, dense embroidery, soft cotton cloth

#7 Chiapas amber earrings, 2″L x 1-1/2″W, light as a feather, $85

#8 Chunky Chiapas Rare Green Amber Expansion Bracelet, $75

#9, Finest Quality Chiapas Golden Amber Necklace, 22″ long, $145

#10 Good Quality Chiapas Amber Necklace, 20″ Long, $85

#11 Pendant (top), 2-1/2″x1-1/2″, $72, and **SOLD #12 Earrings**, 2-1/4″x1-1/4″, $105

#11 and #12 are handcrafted in Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico by an outstanding craftsman who hand-cuts gemstones and inlays them on shell. These include onyx, mother-of-pearl, coral, turquoise and sterling silver. Selling for less than what I paid for them.