From Jamay, Jalisco, Ma. Cristina Navarro Cervantes transforms natural fibers and paper into imaginative forms. Rooted in a family tradition of working with tule, she has developed a personal practice that blends inherited knowledge, ingenuity, and nature based materials. 

Her first piñata—a turtle crafted from newspaper—launched a creative journey that now includes two- and three-dimensional figures made from corn husks, water hyacinth, seeds, and papier-mâché. 

As the only artisan in her community producing this type of work, Cristina creates not simply as a profession, but as a way of shaping her story and sustaining the creativity she learned at home. 

Feria Maestros del Arte: 2026  

ARTIST INFORMATION / Información sobre el artista  

Jamay, Jalisco  

332-078-9358 

Email cristi_10_913@hotmail.com 

Instagram: artesanias_cristally 

Fibras naturales y papel maché/Natural fibers and paper maché