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Guanacaste Wood Hand-carved Wall Mirror From Costa Rica 'Primavera'

Primavera

Guanacaste Wood Hand-carved Wall Mirror From Costa Rica

Ft92,842.54

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The perfect way to bring some vintage vibes into your space. The Valenzuela Family hand-carves this mirror's ornate floral frame from local guanacaste wood and finishes it in a deep coffee varnish. Add it to your living room wall gallery or pair it with your vanity table for a seriously elegant look. Adriana Valenzuela started the family's workshop alongside her husband. She continues running the workshop after his death and has grown it to employ local artisans in it.

Guanacaste wood, glass
Designed to hang vertically only
Eco-Friendly: carved from natural and sustainable wood
Wood grain and color can vary slightly
1.84 kg
Frame: 49.5 cm H x 41.9 cm W x 2 cm D
Mirror: 34 cm L x 26 cm W

Made in Guatemala

Valenzuela Family

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We've always worked together as a family, we've learned together, and now we specialize in different activities so we can organize our work.

My name is Adriana and I would like to tell you a bit about family’s and handcrafts history:

Our village, which is near Antigua Guatemala, has a lot of history and traditions since it was very important during the days of the Spanish Colony. We are surrounded by churches, historical buildings and… Read more lush vegetation.

When my husband was laid off in 1998 due to the company restructuring, he decided to start a venture of his own. He already knew how to carve wood, so he began crafting small pieces for some clients. Years later he learned how to work with gold leaf and thanks to his hard work and perseverance we were able to have our own workshop.

We've always worked together as a family, we've learned together, and now we specialize in different activities so we can organize our work.

Thanks to this art my husband and I have been able to provide our children with a good education. We found an activity that allows us to put food on the table and pay the bills. We don't have a life of luxuries, but thank God we've not missed out on anything.

A few years ago were faced with a very difficult time in our lives, when my husband passed away. My children and I were devastated – we didn't know what to do. Should we close down the workshop and change our lives, or keep my husband's dream alive? We decided to continue fighting to keep our family's dream alive. It's hard though, because everything reminds us of him. But then we remember he's in heaven looking down upon us, working, and this makes us happy.

And so we continue to work giving it our best effort and dedication. Our mission is to ensure that all who invest in our products are completely satisfied with their purchase. That way it's a win-win situation: the client wins, and we win because every day we learn how to continue improve our work.

When we have a lot of work to do, we offer work to artisans in our community to assist us. Sometimes there can be so many new orders at the same time that we'll work throughout the night if needed, as long as we ensure delivery of good work and on time.

We dream of having many clients who like our designs to generate a greater volume of work, so that we can offer job security to more artisans from our community. We would like to be regarded as a source of employment here.

Thank you very much for buying our products. Thank you Novica for your support.