Mola is the Kuna Indian word for reverse-appliqué needlework technique created by the Kuna Indians from an
island near Panama. Here the technique has been adapted for paper, the topic being a cityscape.

Students selected their style of architecture and their range of colours.

They made a stencil for their largest group of buildings from which they cut their first colour.

This stencil was then reduced by about 2 mm for subsequent colours. It is also very effective for the topics of birds
and animals.

Susan Clarke
Visual Art Teacher
Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School