"As every traveler to Mexico discovers, the nation is home to the world's most vibrant folk art. Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art introduces 180 living treasures of Mexico: men and women who create remarkable works in clay, vegetable fibers, wood, metal, textiles, and stone that represent the pinnacle of their many craft traditions.

Here are represented a great range of talents, ranging from artists working well-known traditions to craftspeople who may be the sole surviving practitioners of their chosen art. Representing 117 communities from every Mexican state, these craftspeople were especially selected to participate in an ambitious program to support Mexico's folk art traditions established by the Fomento Cultural Banamex in Mexico City.

From this project has come the most beautiful book ever published on the popular art of Mexico, with hundreds of dazzling illustrations and an informative text about each artist."--BOOK JACKET.