HALE   KAPA

Each kapa produced is a one of a kind work of art, an original, and designs on collection pieces are limited editions. Our kapa is handmade from wauke trees, the preferred resource material. Wauke is also known by its scientific name, Broussonetia papyrifera, a natural botanical material that is cultivated and harvested sustainably in small gardens.

All design work produced on the kapa is rendered using natural earth pigments and/or botanical dyes that are collected and prepared.

At Hale Kapa, plain white kapa is a large part of the inventory. This kapa cloth is highly valued for cultural purposes of burials and ceremonies. Decorated kapa in traditional or contemporary designs is available as decorative sheets, articles of clothing, personal items and adornment.

Pigments, botanical dyes, carved, hardwood kapa tools and implements are available for purchase or can be ordered. These include tools for pounding bark cloth (kua kapa, hohoa, i'e kuku) and for printing designs ('ohe kapala).

Would you like to carve your own tools? Create designs and make prints? Cultivate and harvest wauke trees? Produce kapa cloth?

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