"My greatest concern is for this ancient technique to continue, as it has lost ground over the years to industrialization."

"Hello. My name is Isabel Maza. When I was little, my mother always enrolled us in hobby classes in the afternoons and I took a course where we learned to cover boxes with leather. My teacher learned from a great Mexican artist who brought the technique – known as marroquinería – from Florence. At the age of 11, I made my first such box and my mother still has it.

"As time went on, I continued my studies in the university, I got married and had a family. But I still enjoyed crafting boxes covered in leather and ...

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