Mexican Decorations

Mexican Decorations posts cover textiles, ceramics and paper goods used to decorate homes, restaurants and parties. Articles look at papel picado banners cut from coloured paper, the candle-lit altars of Day of the Dead, painted tin nichos and crosses, hand-painted Talavera tiles in kitchens and bathrooms, the bright Otomi embroidered cloth from Tenango, woven palm baskets and the slow-burning copal incense used in many homes. There are also notes on where to buy directly from artisan cooperatives in Oaxaca and Puebla and on what to do with a real wedding cross brought home as a souvenir.