manualidades de la abuela
Rosita's story
Handmade in Chicago, with a lot of love from Jalisco, Mexico
She makes collars the way a grandmother keeps a kitchen: slowly, by memory, and for the people she loves to see dressed.
Rosita is a Mexican woman artisan living in Chicago. The jarrito — that small, generous clay mug from home — is the motif she returns to. In her hands it becomes a charm the size of a fingertip, glazed in terracotta, cream, and a quiet blue. The love in the work comes from Jalisco.
Every collar is one of a kind. The cord is crocheted, not bought as chain. Lengths run from 20 to 35 inches so a piece can sit close to the throat or fall long over a dress. About thirty collars exist today; this first shop shows a handful from her table while more photographs are taken.
“Each jarrito is a little house for color. I never glaze two the same.”
This is a women-owned family studio — Latino, proudly Mexican, elegant enough for a wedding and handmade enough to still show the thumbprint. She hopes you will wear one and be asked where it came from.
