Bright and colorful molas - traditionally cloth (which in a classroom setting would add up quickly) we use construction paper instead. Build up or down with layers of paper and make your own mola.
Molas originated in Panama, traditionally is the fabric for women dress's. Molas are beautiful, colorful, embroidered, intricate, artistic fabrics.
As part of our Art Around the World unit, we’re visiting South America. The Mola, a traditional cloth worn by the Kuna (from the tiny San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama), are quite brightly colored, in contrasting patterns of various shapes, and in the center depicting what is typically an animal, plant or person of special interest to the Kuna.
Students explored the tradition of The Mola of Panama, noting the use of contrasting colors, abstract patterns as well as noting the contrasting organic shapes of the main subject to the mostly geometric shapes of the background patterns. Students used their new understanding of these elements to create their own interpretation of the Mola in colored construction paper.
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