Day of the Dead Craft Workshop

Woodcarvers shape brightly painted alebrijes at a cluttered table, a dragon with bat wings and a spotted jaguar figure taking form beside a half-finished wooden dog. Nearby, a man in a poncho paints delicate patterns onto rows of ceramic sugar skulls lined up beside jars of colored paint, a jaguar-print cat curled at his feet. Wooden crates stacked with rolled fabric, paint cans, and dried flowers fill the center of the room, where two boys carry a marigold-covered cross past a giant skull with a child peeking from one eye socket. On a ladder, a man hangs strings of papel picado and a paper lantern near a doorway framed with woven rugs. To the right, seamstresses stitch embroidered dresses at sewing machines beside folded fabric and thread spools, while girls gather marigold blooms beneath a flowered arch. On the floor, a boy sprinkles glitter into a tray, shaping a pattern.