As every traveler to Mexico discovers, the nation is home to the world’s most vibrant folk art. Diverse, colorful and magical like the land that it inhabits, the artistic output is a product of the natural inclination of Mexicans, throughout the ages to adorn daily life with art.

From peninsula to peninsula, coast to coast, indigenous and mestizo hands forge an intimate relationship with their natural surroundings and convert the materials within their reach – clay, wood, feathers, metal, textiles and stone – into objects which achieve a harmony between the utilitarian, the decorative and the ceremonial.