Mahalo nui loa to Ka'iulani de Silva for coming to our market on July 5 to share her knowledge and talent on kapa (Hawaiian bark cloth) making to our customers. She brought a lot of hand-crafted implements used to beat and decorate kapa.
These materials are used to make dyes the traditional way (roots, berries, clay, etc.)
Using the 'ohe kapala (carved stamp made out of bamboo), we decorated pieces of kapa-like fiber using brightly colored inks.
Even the young kids enjoyed the activities. (But that's not kapa printing on their faces!)
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