NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. Rings of earth-toned Inca patterns surround the stirring glow of an Andean sunset at the center of this decorative plate. The Huaman family exemplifies their artistic dedication in the composition, evoking ancestral creativity with each turn of their imaginative brushes. A ceramic testimony to a storied past, this work makes an attractive addition to any inviting home interior. Artisan Info: The Huaman Paucar Family is featured in Keepers of the Arts, a beautiful hardcover book available through Novica. Their art has also been featured in the Daily Breeze newspaper, in Southern California. "My wife and I hail from the capital of the Inca Empire, situated deep in the Peruvian Andes. We dress our jars and decorative plates in beautiful designs from ancient Peru. Each carries the powerful, elemental mystery of water and earth. "Our family's journey in the ceramic arts has been influenced by the customs and lifestyles of my village, a village of ceramic artisans. "When Ubaldina was young, she attended obligatory classes at the the Artisan School of Pisac. This knowledge of hers inspired us," continues Gerardo, "and awoke in us a passion for ceramic art, a passion that our three grown children share with us. Our production is prolific and varied; we make keros, aribalos, plates,