2/4/14- Mola Inspired Work

We are starting out our snowy winter session with a Molas inspired heart painting.  Molas is based on traditional clothing of the Kuna women, an indigenous people of Panama.  The designs are appliqued on cloth. An outline of the object is filled in with color and pattern.  Geometric patterns are traditional. The art form was developed from ancient body painting designs.

Students will be working in watercolors.  They will create a colorful background for their hearts.

They will be given a black piece of paper and draw hearts that are open and connect to the outer edge of the page.  These are carefully cut out.

If the student wants a second layer of color, the black is laid on top of another piece of paper and outlined larger than the black cutout.  This color is then cut out.

Both pieces are then glued together and glued on top of the painted background.