Mexican dishware

Enough copitas for the whole table.Ana María Hernández and her family make every piece by hand in Atzompa, Oaxaca, covering each 1oz cup in spikes that echo the sacred pochote tree. Two are wood-fired to a burnt, smoky finish. Two...

Low, wide, and made to be passed around.Eduardo “Lalo” Martínez shapes each flat copita by hand from Oaxacan clay and leaves it raw, so the color and grain of the earth stay visible.Use them for a pour of mezcal, a...

The bowl you reach for first, now in twos or fours.Francisco Martínez forms each Earth Bowl by hand at Taller Pitao Copycha in Oaxaca and fires it with wood, so the unglazed exterior carries smoke marks and shifts of color.No...