What are molas? Molas (mor) are colorful appliqué panels completely hand crafted by the indigenous Kuna (Tule) of the San Blas Islands (Kun...
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Guna, 1960/69
Illustration, Adobe Fresco, Adobe Photoshop
I've been buying molas from the Kuna Indians of the San Blas Islands of Panama since 1999. I search out the best examples of this fascinatin...
A relative of puffers, triggerfish, and porcupinefish, the giant ocean sunfish is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the heavi...
Common Mola from La Jolla Cove, San Diego, CA 92037, USA on October 1, 2024 at 10:19 AM by uzun
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He encontrado este reportaje por Internet, y me ha hecho mucha ilusión pues yo estoy confeccionando una. La mía por supuesto no quedara ta...
I love to travel all over the globe shopping for textiles to add to my wearable art. I have taught quilting to school children in Nepal, seminole patchwork to seamstresses in Thailand, and jackets and embellishment to quilters in Turkey where I also served as a judge at 2 of their International Quilt Shows. I have created garments for 5 Fairfield and Bernina Fashion Shows and teach classes on embellishment and wearable art. Lately I have been leaning more toward making art quilts.
The other day I posted a doodle to my Facebook page and someone commented that it reminded her of molas. I had to google the term because I had never heard of it. From Wikipedia: The mola forms part of the traditional outfit of a Kuna woman, two mola panels being incorporated as front and back panels in a blouse....Molas have their origin in body painting. Only after colonization by the Spanish and contact with missionaries did the Kuna start to transfer their traditional geometric designs on fabric, first by painting directly on the fabric and later by using the...
Sunfish, ou em portugues, Peixe Lua, conhecido por ser maior peixe osseo do mundo!
ہیرے جواہرات نہ لاکھوں کا مال دو قیدی بنا کر بس در حیدرؑ پہ ڈال دو!! #صاحب_الزمان #الامام_المهدي #كربلاءالمقدسة #ابا_الفضل #كربلاء_الحسين #ابا_الفضل_العباس #كربلاء_المقدسة #كربلاء #العتبة_الحسينية_المقدسة #لبیک_یا_حسین #لبیک_یا_زینب #العباس #یا_زهرا #وطن #امام_حسن
Meet the Mola mola, quite possibly the weirdest fish in the sea.
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