HANDMADE MOLA REVERSE APPLIQUE TOUCAN HANDPAINTED FRAME
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HANDMADE MOLA REVERSE APPLIQUE TOUCAN HANDPAINTED FRAME
READY TO GO, HANDMADE MOLA, TINY STITCHES, IN CUSTOM HANDPAINTED FRAME TO MATCH, SIGNED, UNIQUE! BARGAIN! SUPERB MOLA OF TOUCAN WITH GREAT HANDSEWN DETAIL OF APPLIQUES AND MINUTE EMBROIDERY MOTIFS AND WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF COLORS AND DETAIL, SUPERB WORK IN THE MAZE MOTIF BACKGROUND TYPICAL OF MOLAS WHICH IS REMINISCENT AND COPIED FROM BRAINCORAL WHICH ABOUNDS AROUND THE ISLANDS . IT HAS BEEN ADDITIONALLY PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED , AND FRAMES ARE UNIQUE, EACH HANDPAINTED AND SIGNED ( PAINTED WITH DETAIL TO MATCH THE MOLA) FINISHED SIZE 11,5 X 9,5", THIS PRICE IS LESS THAN 1/2 OF OUR RETAIL BECAUSE YOU ARE BUYING DIRECT FROM ARTIST. CHECK OUR EBAY STORE, AUCTIONS AND THE BUY IT NOWS FOR AN ARRAY OF VERY INTRICATE AND BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE AND TROPICAL MOLAS AT AUCTION OR AT A FIXED PRICE, THE BEST OF THE BEST AND GORGEOUS MOTIFS, CREATED BY CUNA INDIAN EXPERTS OVER MONTHS AND BY HAND, IN REVERSE APPLIQUE FOR THEIR OWN BLOUSES. EXTREMELY INTRICATE WORK ON ALL OUR MOLAS, WE ONLY BUY THE BEST DIRECT FROM THE TRIBES, PERFECTION OF LINES AND STITCHES SO MINUTE, YOU DO NOT SEE THEM! IF YOU WANT TO VIEW SOME FRAMED IN HANDPAINTED FRAMES MATCHING EACH ONE, OR THE BEAUTIFUL PILLOWS WE MAKE WITH THEM , WE WILL SEND YOU PICTURES TO GIVE YOU IDEAS HOW TO DISPLAY AND USE THEM. I only collect the finest molas in perfect condition, I pick them one at a time in the villages, direct from the Cuna Indians in the San Blas islands. I only handpick molas (that have been on blouses) or pieces upon request such as this type of bright mola art with tropical scenes of nature and colorful birds or animals with the most perfect artistic designs and imagination, in the case of blouses , i get full blouses with 2 molas, one in front and one in back and I remove the molas from the blouses myself afterwards, some of them i keep in full and i have 10 full blouses at auction this month. I select these works of intricate reverse appliqué art according to the most originality & beauty of design and pattern, with the best color combinations, the tightest and most minute even stitching, and perfection, & eveness of lines especially in the case of the detailed geometrical mazes of the traditional molas. Each mola I sell took at least 3 weeks to a month to complete, they all have many layers of colored fabrics sewn with very tiny and close stitches that are practically invisible, the subjects chosen have abondant detail. They are used collector molas but in perfect condition and of the highest quality of workmanship that can be found. The Kuna Indians are the native people who live on small coral islands in the San Blas Archipelago along the Atlantic coast of Panama and Colombia. Molas are collected as folk art and can be viewed at some of the finest museums in the world like the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Kuna women are known for their colorful customs which consists of a patterned blue cotton wrapped skirt, red and yellow head scarf, arm and leg beads, gold nose rings and earrings ant the intricately sewn mola panel blouse. The mola panels of the blouse are hand-woven in a reverse appliqué technique using several layers of differently colored cotton cloth. The mola may also be decorated with very fine embroidery. Mola is the Kuna Indian word for blouse, but the term mola has come to mean the elaborate minute embroidered panels that make up the front and back of a Kuna woman's blouse. YOU CAN SEE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE FRAME THEM IN THIS LINK BELOW, IN HANDPAINTED FRAMES CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MOLA DESIGN OF EACH MOLA: http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=16503&forum=6&4 . . Actual shipping charges. We do not make money on shipping. SHIPPING OVERSEAS IS MORE OF COURSE. WE COMBINE SHIPPING TO SAVE YOU MONEY. To see pictures of our collection, go to this link below and scroll down till you get to the photos, there are a few pages of pictures & text for educational purposes that we were asked to place on this site and we add more weekly whenever we find time. You will find there photos of what we collect and sell on ebay regularely and the interesting stories behind these items we search for in remote areas of the world http://tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=14409&forum=5 and if you want to see colorful artwork to get ideas, and ways to transform houses with no flair into Carribean hideways, check this link on the same site for fun! :http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=16503&forum=6&4 | ||||||||||||
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