Taza de Fantasma | Mesa, AZ

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Written By Rich Helmer
Handmade ghost & bat cup sets from Mexico, in orange or purple. Taza de Fantasma — festive for Halloween, perfect for coffee and tea year-round.

Handmade ghost & bat cup sets from Mexico, in orange or purple. Taza de Fantasma — festive for Halloween, perfect for coffee and tea year-round.

Some pieces are made for one season and quietly earn a place in every season after. Our Taza de Fantasma sets are exactly that kind of piece.

Each set includes six handmade cups, hand-painted with a charming ghost and bat design by artisans in Mexico. Choose between Taza de Fantasma Naranja, in vibrant orange tones, or Taza de Fantasma Morado, in purple — both playful, both entirely one of a kind, since no two hand-painted cups are ever quite identical.

At 4" high and 3.75" in diameter, they're sized for real, everyday use — coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or whatever you're pouring. Festive enough for Halloween, charming enough to stay in the rotation long after the season ends.

Two Colorways, One Playful Design

Naranja brings a warm, autumn-ready glow — perfect on a table full of pumpkins and candlelight. Morado leans a little moodier and more dramatic, ideal if purple is your Halloween color of choice. Either way, a full set of six means you're covered for guests, or just for treating yourself to a cup that makes an ordinary morning a little more fun.

Handmade Means Limited

As always, these are handmade in small batches — once a set sells, it's not coming back. If Taza de Fantasma catches your eye, don't wait on it.

Come see both colorways in person at Milagros Rústicos today!

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Rich Helmer

Originally from the Chicago suburb of Elgin, Illinois, Rich Helmer's family headed west to Arizona just before his final years of high school. Rich became instantly fascinated with the desert southwest. Its renowned grandeur and mysterious energy would profoundly influence his later work, as would the endless beaches of Mexico and Southern California. Rich's sonic creativity emerged at an early age, as did his unorthodox approach to artistic ventures.

As a primarily self-taught guitarist and songwriter, Rich has never been one to live by a handbook. However, after devoting most of his life to music, he abandoned his true passion and decided to seek a more "realistic" vocation. The decade-long diversion is something that Rich still occasionally laments, but he also knows that the past is just that - the past. Fortunately, Rich decided to dust off his vintage Telecaster and pursue his love of photography, leaving him with little time for regrets.

Rich dares us to consider what possibilities may lie along the path less traveled with both humility and purpose. Whether provocative, soul-stirring, inspiring, disconcerting, or some combination of these, the overarching theme in Rich's work is that, for him, the lens is much more than a curved piece of glass; it is a vehicle through which viewers can experience worlds that might have otherwise remained hidden.

Join his journey.

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