A YouTube rabbit hole led Blanka Amezkua to a small Mexican town and the centuries-old craft of papel picado — chiseling intricate patterns into colorful paper flags. Credit... Supported by Text ...

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 ...

Philadelphia-based visual artist Karina Puente creates wall-size banners for events, using the traditional folk art of 'papel picado' - which in Spanish, translates to 'cut paper'. As a proud ...

As she has since she was a child, Torres Alfaro punched stunningly sharp chisels into thick piles of tissue paper at her business, ‘Papel Picado Xochimilco ... mourning, blue was for those ...

Qué significa el papel picado? Para empezar debes saber que e n los altares tradicionales se representaban a los dioses de la tierra, la lluvia, el agua, la agricultura y el Mictlán, mediante ...

Como sabes, la ofrenda de Día de Muertos debe llevar varios elementos como velas, copal, agua, fotos de nuestros seres queridos, así como papel picado que en la actualidad cuenta con varios ...