Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Mexico City
Manhole Cover Cork Trivet-Mexico City
The city of nine million Almas, Mexico City is slowly sinking due to its founding by the Aztecs on Lake Texcoco. At the time, in the fourteenth century, being in the middle of a lake was good for defense and for fishing and farming. The Spaniards wrecked the city two centuries later and claimed it as their own in 1521. Since then, much heavier buildings were erected whose foundations are constantly challenged by the context. The Aztec rain god Tlaloc, is featured in the center of this storm drain, Pigeon feet-shaped graphics radiate outwards from there. Tenayuca is a suburb of Mexico City, most likely where the foundry is.
The perfect gift for housewarmings, and anniversaries each illustration is initially hand-drawn for precision and then permanently etched into cork. The trivets are .375" thick and 7.25" in diameter with rounded edges. The engraving method has incredible detail and tactility. Fabricated from sustainable Portuguese cork. Designed and packaged in Philadelphia, PA USA.
Cork is a natural material, thus rare aberrations within the etching can occur.
As each one is made to order please allow three business days for delivery.
“We all have three cities: the one in which we grew up, the one where we live and the one in which we wished we live."-Alan Furst
