Traditional Craftsmanship

In the 1500s, a Spanish bishop turned a collection of pueblos around the Mexican town of Patzcuaro into a center for craftsmanship. The people here are still making and marketing their wares in much the same way they did hundreds of years ago. Now they have to overcome tourists’ fears about drug traffickers, real or not.

In the capital of digital disruption, traditional styles of bookmaking are still flourishing. See some of the Bay Area’s masters of letterpress printing at work.