IMAGE GALLERY: Mexican Mask Making at Margaritas

Margaritas Mexican Restaurant in Salem at 1 Keewaydin Drive played host to visiting artists Manuel Abeiro Horta and Modesto Horta, a team of mask makers from Tócuaro, Mexico, last week.

They transform a hunk of wood into an expressive work of art based on the traditions of their ancestors.

Wooden masks, such as the style of the Horta family, are still used in many regions of Mexico during fiestas. The Horta brothers started learning their craft at a young age and by the time they were 12, the duo helped their famous father Juan Horta carve wooden masks.