Buen Provecho Box Upgrade

Elevate your Buen Provecho Box! Add 2 additional napkins and napkin rings to your box.

*Upgrade is available only to subscribers and customers who purchased the Buen Provecho Box.*

$30.00

What's Inside+ About the Box+ About the Artisan+

(2) Artisan Made Large Wooden Loom Napkins (approx. 20”x20")
(2) Hoja de Lata Napkin Rings (3.5" diameter)

Whether it’s a mid-day picnic or al fresco dining under the moonlight, MyCajita’s Buen Provecho box featuring hand-woven napkins and hand-stamped napkin rings will be sure to set the table and mood. So invite your family over for a meal to enjoy. ¡Buen Provecho!

HANDCRAFTED NAPKIN RINGS

These napkin rings are hand stamped in the traditional art of hoja de lata. The aluminum is hand cut, carved and every detail is hand stamped into each piece by Master artesano, Cesar Pacheco. La Luna y El Sol, the moon and sun, play an integral role in our culture. They helped our ancestors tell time and seasons, plant crops, and hunt food. They played an important role in myth and lore, and stories passed from generation to generation. MyCajita wanted to pay a tribute to that and use the moon and sun in this concept to remind us that whether it’s a bright sunny day or a moonlit night, we can always gather the family around a meal and share our stories.

HANDCRAFTED NAPKIN RINGS

HAND WOVEN NAPKINS

The napkins are hand woven in a traditional wooden loom by Master weavers in Mitla, Oaxaca. The wooden loom uses foot pedals to move 100’s of strings up and down as the artesano weaves the threads across the loom, back and forth, pedals up and down, slowly weaving each line and design into the beautiful napkins that were created for you.

HAND WOVEN NAPKINS

ABOUT THE ARTISAN:

Don Cesar Santiago has been working tin for over 18 years. He’s a 3rd generation artesano from Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca who learned his craft from his father. Each piece starts off as a flat sheet of tin, the heart is drawn and cut out, and then the banging begins. With each strike of the hammer and chisel, every detail emerges to form the ridges, textures, and details that make each piece unique. A father of 3, Don Cesar, supports his family with his artwork and features many pieces in restaurants and galleries throughout the city.

Pedro De Los Reyes and his family all work the wooden loom and make textiles on the outskirts of the small pueblo of Mitla, Oaxaca. His family workshop represents 6 families, all related to him, and about 12 active weavers who all help in the family workshop. His family is Triqui, an indigenous people from the “Mixteca Baja” near the Sierras Mixteca of western Oaxaca. It’s known as the poorest region of the state of Oaxaca, which is why his family moved to Mitla, for better economic opportunities.

YOUR PURCHASE MAKES A DIFFERENCE:

Artisan Made
Preserves Tradition
Supports Small Business
Job Creator
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