After a period of colonial suppression, traditional kapa making is enjoying a sustained resurgence. In recent decades, a growing number of Native Hawaiian artists have mastered the labor-intensive ...

“Before the introduction of woven fabrics to the islands, Hawaiian women would spend hours beating kapa, a bark cloth made ...

Hawaiian culture dictates that true feelings ... Ohe Kapala (Bamboo Printing) Hawaiians made kapa cloth from the bark of different plants, with the finest from the wauke. It was then decorated ...

Created from tree fibers, kapa had many uses for the Hawaiian people, including clothing.