In Mexico, no festival or celebration is complete without the colorful punched-paper banners known as papel picado. As Tucson gears up for its annual Cinco de Mayo celebration, bright banners of papel ...

Indianapolis artist Beatriz Vasquez uses an Exacto knife like other artists use paint brushes. Vasquez is a self-taught master of the art of papel picado, an ancient Mexican custom of precisely ...

Most people don't know the term "papel picado," according to Yreina Flores, who makes her living from the craft. To describe it, they just raise their hands and wave them gently, like cats batting at ...

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 Houston ...

Mexican artisans are struggling to preserve the traditional manufacture of paper cut-out decorations long used in altars for the Day of the Dead. Defying increasingly popular mass-production ...

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 ...