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Mola Art
Mola Art is a traditional art form of the Kuna people from Panama. It involves sewing designs on fabric with motifs of animals or nature symbols. Every inch of the fabric is filled with non-overlapping patterns or textures. Kuna women would create matching pairs of Mola Art pieces to wear on the front and back of their blouses. The document then provides instructions for making a Mola Art project using cutouts of shapes glued onto a background and decorated with patterns and textures using oil pastels.
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Mola Art is a traditional art form made of designs sewn onto fabric, with 'Mola' meaning blouse.
Mola Art features motifs of animals or nature with intricate patterns filling every space.
Created by Kuna Tribe women in Panama, Mola Art is made in pairs reflecting cultural heritage.
Instructions for creating Mola Art include using colored paper, contrasting shapes, and decorating with patterns.
Mola Art
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- 2. Mola Art ismade of designs sewn on fabric. The word “Mola” means blouse.
- 3. Mola Art usuallyuses a motif (dominant feature) of an animal, or a symbol of nature. Every inch of space is filled with a pattern or texture.
- 4. Mola Art iscreated by women in the Kuna Tribe from Panama.
- 5. The Kuna womenusually made a pair of Mola Art pieces, usually related or similar to each other, to put on the front and the back of their blouses.
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- 9. 1. Choose alarge colored paper for your background. 2. Write your name and class on the back. 3.Choose another piece of paper that is high contrast from your first piece of paper. 4. Draw a large animal or nature symbol on this paper, cut it out and glue to the center of the larger paper.
- 10. 5. Now cut3 or 4 smaller shapes (nature or animal) from different high contrast colored paper, and glue them around the large shape. (Do Not overlap the shapes.)
- 11. 6. Look atpattern/texture examples to get ideas to decorate the background. 7. Use oil pastels to decorate your Mola Art with different patterns or textures. Be sure to use bright, bold colors. 8. - Entire surface should be filled with pattern. - lines of pattern should not touch or overlap.