"The Oaxaca-based ceramics studio founded by Brian Corres and Natalia Bolaños became known for handmade signature pieces—mezcal glasses adorned with ocean life, colorful plates, and turkey-shaped pitchers—that helped restaurants showcase dishes, but the collapse of tourism and cancellation of art fairs during the pandemic led to a sharp drop in orders. Production continued for a while because the spacious workshop allowed social distancing, but following a lockdown order the operation suspended production, leaving the founders able to work only sporadically and relying on social media orders and optimism to ride out the interruption." - Abigail Koffler