Welcome to Craft and Art Store. We are a group of people who want to spread Argentinean culture by promoting and marketing handcrafted products made by craftsmen and women in our country. We believe in passing our culture forward by showing unique pieces made by keeping the traditions of our ancestors, using native materials and ancient techniques, in search of the design of a real jewelry. We’d like to invite you to appreciate our distinctive pieces.

Mate Gourds with Straw - Mates con bombilla









Argentinean Mates
Our mates and straws are made by Argentinean craftsmen who combine their taste for enjoying a mate with the colors and shapes that nature offers.
We have authentic Argentinean mates of natural gourds from hollow calabash, decorated by craftsmen with an Alpaca Silver rim and finishing details. The gourds are from Misiones and Chaco.
Mate is a traditional drink for the morning or the afternoon to enjoy with friends, and is drank with a metal straw called “bombilla” with a filter-like end that serves to keep yerba mate out of the straw.
The color of the gourd is natural, so it depends on each particular mate varying from red to brown and green shades.
The shape of a mate gourd resembles a pear or an apple. Its texture is smooth and shiny.
Straws (with filter end) are made of Alpaca Silver, which is a nickel, zinc and copper alloy which is widely used in Argentina to make handcrafted goods as trays, salad bowls, cutlery and jewelry.


Mates argentinos
Nuestros mates y bombillas son realizados por artesanos de Argentina, que combinan su gusto por el placer de tomar un mate con los colores y formas que nos ofrece la naturaleza.
Auténticos mates argentinos de calabaza de Chaco y Misiones, decorados por artesanos con finos detalles de alpaca.
El mate es una infusión tradicional para disfrutar por la mañana o la tarde con amigos o familia, y se bebe con una bombilla de metal con terminación tipo filtro para evitar que la yerba mate entre en la bombilla.
El color de la calabaza es natural, por eso es la diferencia de colores, que varían en tonos rojos, marrones o verdes.
La forma de mate es como una pera o manzana, y su textura es suave y brillosa.
Las bombillas que tenemos son de alpaca, que es una aleación de niquel, zinc y cobre muy usado en Argentina para hacer artesanías tales como bandejas, fuentes, cubiertos y joyas.
Nuestros mates y bombillas son realizados por artesanos de Argentina, que combinan su gusto por el placer de tomar un mate con los colores y formas que nos ofrece la naturaleza.