Product Details:

• Flower made from layered crepe paper

• Wire Steam covered in tissue paper, steam can be bent into differing shapes

• Flower Width: 25cm, Height: 13cm

• Made in a small artisan workshop in the Guanajuato region

• Paper flowers are used to decorate parties, weddings and religious celebrations often used as substitution to natural flowers

Mexican paper flowers are distinguished among other paper flowers because of their meticulous craftsmanship and the vivid colors used to make them.

Constructed from tissue or crepe paper, they go beyond the utilitarian craft and have become pieces of folk art representing the soul and culture of the artisans that make them.

Evolving over the past 200 years the first Mexican paper flowers were originally used to decorate churches and home alters at times of the year when natural flowers were not available. They were made in muted colors, the edges often accented with gold or silver.

Demand for the paper flowers (and in brighter hues) grew, and today there are festivals for paper-flower decorating and street vendors hawking paper flowers all throughout the country.