It may be Sunday, but the Kuna people are still working the fleet. Today we were visited by a master mola maker, Venancio Restrepo. Venancio and his aunts, nieces, grandmother, moter, sister, sister-in-laws applique these traditional panels. Each piece is approximately 15” x 18”, three layers of different coloured cotton with intricate goemetric patterns created by cutting through layers and adding layers. It's all hand stched and can take up to a month to make. In the traditional use they are sewn onto the front and back of ladies blouses. Nowadays they are a source of income for the women.
These are the first ones we've seen so I'll wait for more viewings before deciding if I want one as a memento. The problem on a baot is that you don't really frame and hang pictures and I'm no sure what we'd do with it apart from put it in a cupboard. Not good tourists. David would have been more interested if he'd been selling anti fouling.
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