On a summer day in 2018, Blanka Amezkua arrived in San Salvador Huixcolotla. The southeastern Mexican town is best known as the birthplace of papel picado — intricately cut, colorful tissue ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Papel picado, or punched paper, is a Mexican art form with a rich history. It is made by skillful artisans using tissue paper, a hammer, and chisels. Guadalupe Hernandez, a ...

Begun in the 1800s, experts say ‘papel picado’ using tissue paper is probably a continuation of a far older pre-Hispanic tradition of painting ceremonial figures on paper made of fig-bark sheets.

Both bags are dark purple with hot pink and light brown detailing. The tote features a pattern of colorful papel picado and the three characters. The papel picado spells out their names and “The ...

Begun in the 1800s, experts say ‘papel picado’ using tissue paper is probably a continuation of a far older pre-Hispanic tradition of painting ceremonial figures on paper made of fig-bark sheets.

Decorative sugar skulls line the front of the colorful, four-tiered altar. Cempasúchiles in bloom are scattered between painted skeletons, unlit candles and plates of food resting on pink papel ...

Mexican Artisans Aim to Preserve the Centuries-Old Tradition ‘Papel Picado' for Day of the Dead Begun in the 1800s, experts say ‘papel picado’ using tissue paper is probably a continuation ...

SA Flavor is selling its San Antonio papel picado ornaments again but says it is working with a limited supply this year. The online store has already sold out of the gold ornaments and is only ...

The Traditional Mexican Folk Art of Papel Picado. Tuesday, October 29, 2019. With a few slices of a knife, this Mexican artist creates pieces that take parties to another level while telling a story.