'Blue Night,' candleholder

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. Seen through a shade of stained glass, candlelight flickers like blue starlight. Artisans from Vidri Arte craft a beautiful candleholder of wrought iron. The mosaic on the removable shade is created with pieces of stained glass cut by hand. They are mounted on a clear glass base and the spaces are filled with a special paste. Because each piece is individually crafted, each is absolutely unique. The motifs could differ slightly from those pictured and the size could vary by as much as + - 2 cm. Artisan Info: "With our work, we want to make this project self supporting. 'Don't give a man a fish, but teach him to fish' is our guiding philosophy. Work is essential in a person's formation, and this is why we've begun a workshop to produce handicrafts in glass as the first stage of a project that will lead us to attain our complete ideal. In this stage, we have hired deaf people, taught them a trade and we pay them a salary. They receive all the perquisites required by law, they participate in the system of socialized medicine for working people (IMSS) and they can earn weekly bonuses and prizes. We assist them with their audiometric exams and help them acquire hearing aids. "We also give jobs to pregnant women from the 'Vida y Familia A.C.' shelter. These are people who for a number