The past two classes, the kindergarteners have been talking about South and Central America. Our art is inspired by the beautiful hand made molas by the Kuna Indians outside of Panama. Molas are colorful, layered textile designs, that typically focus on geometric shapes, an animal, or a scene from every day life. In the designs, the central idea is encompassed by lines, shapes and patterns. For our paper mola, I asked students to think of an animal that might live in South America.
I showed them how to create layers around that image and they used pre cut paper strips, and some geometric shaped stickers to add their finishing touches, students even cut their out and began to wear them. I love the contrast of the colors against the black paper! It is fascinating to look at these molas and compare them with the collage they made from pre cut shapes back in October, found here: karasartcart.weebly.com/kindergarten/when-a-line-bends-a-shape-begins
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