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 ...

Papel Picado (punched paper) artist Kathleen Trenchard featured in the HOLIDAY episode Kathleen Trenchard has researched and worked in traditional Mexican papel picado (punched paper) ever since the ...

Papel picado — delicate tissue paper cut into elaborate designs — is on exhibit at the Tucson Museum of Art. The 33 distinct pieces were created by artisans from the small town of Huixcolotla, Puebla, ...

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 ...