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Blessed to have Trance working in the mala wauke today. Trading labor for kapa info is a good deal and we actually got ...
10/19/2024

Blessed to have Trance working in the mala wauke today. Trading labor for kapa info is a good deal and we actually got a lot done in two hours and he will no doubt get an A on his presentation πŸ˜„πŸ€™πŸ½

Google maps or wauke leaf close up?πŸ˜„
10/19/2024

Google maps or wauke leaf close up?πŸ˜„

No Kapa Left Behind isnt just a clever kapa-sustainable phrase I made up, it's a disease 🀣 This is not a harvest, it's a...
10/15/2024

No Kapa Left Behind isnt just a clever kapa-sustainable phrase I made up, it's a disease 🀣 This is not a harvest, it's a 30 year relationship. I shouldn't have to cut down a wauke tree for about 5 years if I just start plowing through this!

So proud of our 2024 Kuku Kapa E Cohort and their hard work creating kapa and kapa inspired work. We are at Royal Hawai...
09/29/2024

So proud of our 2024 Kuku Kapa E Cohort and their hard work creating kapa and kapa inspired work. We are at Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center by the stage til 4, come by and buy something awesome!

This ought to put me to sleep 😴😴
09/26/2024

This ought to put me to sleep 😴😴

Every so often we have to go thru the little special dye fridge and clean out, consolidate, re-mix and deal with the c...
09/25/2024

Every so often we have to go thru the little special dye fridge and clean out, consolidate, re-mix and deal with the collection. The labels that just have a color name means I forgot what it was or what got blended together but, all good!

Kapa moe shenanigans with Kehau and Kaeo and we are obviously not in a museum!
07/25/2024

Kapa moe shenanigans with Kehau and Kaeo and we are obviously not in a museum!

When the grandspawn need an electronics break but not a finger-workout break, it must be time to soften kapaπŸ€™πŸ½πŸ€™πŸ½πŸ€™πŸ½πŸ€™πŸ½
07/17/2024

When the grandspawn need an electronics break but not a finger-workout break, it must be time to soften kapaπŸ€™πŸ½πŸ€™πŸ½πŸ€™πŸ½πŸ€™πŸ½

For most of my kapa life I printed with the one kapala, but in the last bunch of years I've been spending time with the ...
06/26/2024

For most of my kapa life I printed with the one kapala, but in the last bunch of years I've been spending time with the pre-contact designs. I like deconstructing and reconstructing them and especially like hand painting them. It takes me back to my long ago days as an illustrator and painter and it's a comfortable place to be.

Am I the only weirdo that spills fresh made dye and runs to get a kapa scrap to wipe it up so no waste?
06/21/2024

Am I the only weirdo that spills fresh made dye and runs to get a kapa scrap to wipe it up so no waste?

Two more, tangerine slices? Cuts of salmon? All funπŸ˜„πŸ˜„
06/01/2024

Two more, tangerine slices? Cuts of salmon? All funπŸ˜„πŸ˜„

This is why we grow banana trees... and for bananas of course! πŸ˜„πŸŒ
06/01/2024

This is why we grow banana trees... and for bananas of course! πŸ˜„πŸŒ

Can hardly believe we're rolling into June and the Westside still looks like this! Downside is it could end up a lot of ...
05/31/2024

Can hardly believe we're rolling into June and the Westside still looks like this! Downside is it could end up a lot of fuel for fire season. In the meantime, have to enjoy this green for days.

I guess if I did 40 at a time like you guys I'd be good by now πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
05/14/2024

I guess if I did 40 at a time like you guys I'd be good by now πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

Makaha brush fire, looks like the edge of the old West Course. Last guys who had the Makaha Sheraton tore it down, cut ...
05/08/2024

Makaha brush fire, looks like the edge of the old West Course. Last guys who had the Makaha Sheraton tore it down, cut down and let the big old trees die and let the golf course go to heck.

05/06/2024

Super awesome and meaningful visit to Moloka'i Nui A Hina to make kapa for the iwi, catch up with dear old friends and make new ones and, boat ride! The class blew me away with their kapa skills but good intentions, good wauke, beautiful place to work and small kine pretty good kumu and awesome things will happen!πŸ˜„πŸ˜„β€οΈβ€οΈ mahalo for the great video😎😎

You may have seen the kapa designs in there already but I think they finally finished all the redecorating they wanted t...
12/25/2023

You may have seen the kapa designs in there already but I think they finally finished all the redecorating they wanted to do

Down to Earth is excited to announce that we've given our Honolulu (King St.) store a fabulous refresh!Our Honolulu store was our first store on O'ahu in 1977 and it's been more than just a store for us - it's been a gathering spot, a community hub, and a slice of aloha for so many. We decided it wa...

2024 is looking to be a busy one, doing next level classes with past kapa students under a 3 year ANA grant, classes wit...
12/23/2023

2024 is looking to be a busy one, doing next level classes with past kapa students under a 3 year ANA grant, classes with Papahana Kuaola familes out in Kaneohe, classes starting up at UH West Oahu for spring semester, classes with Hui Iwi Kuamo'o making sure our iwi kupuna are warm and dressed, more planting wauke, more kapa making and showing. Every time I think things might slow down I discover how so wrong (but so blessed) I am...!

Kapa class, Cali with laulau and poi for mother and another kapa class when I got home. This will be a good busy year a...
01/25/2023

Kapa class, Cali with laulau and poi for mother and another kapa class when I got home. This will be a good busy year and we'll be making lots of kapa for the iwi like these classes did.

Recovery food
12/15/2022

Recovery food

Somewhere in the land of the livingπŸ˜„
12/15/2022

Somewhere in the land of the livingπŸ˜„

Update: I have been released and was whisked away to another location to recuperate from my recuperations. I'm doing be...
12/12/2022

Update: I have been released and was whisked away to another location to recuperate from my recuperations. I'm doing better, had the tiniest bit of stew and poi and bottles of pain meds on hand. Looking forward to getting back to work...kindaπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ˜„πŸ‘πŸΌπŸ€”β€οΈ e mahalo oukou!

The scent of new kapa, made by Puamana Crabbe, was just the next-level healing boost I needed❀️❀️❀️ and hopefully I'm o...
12/11/2022

The scent of new kapa, made by Puamana Crabbe, was just the next-level healing boost I needed❀️❀️❀️ and hopefully I'm out in a couple daysπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ

Looks spartan but when it's the first food in a week of IV meals it's manna from heaven!πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ
12/10/2022

Looks spartan but when it's the first food in a week of IV meals it's manna from heaven!πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ

Oh joy only three more to go...and then four more to go 😜 watercolor and squid ink
11/01/2022

Oh joy only three more to go...and then four more to go 😜 watercolor and squid ink

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Super awesome and meaningful visit to Moloka'i Nui A Hina to make kapa for the iwi, catch up with dear old friends and make new ones and, boat ride! The class blew me away with their kapa skills but good intentions, good wauke, beautiful place to work and small kine pretty good kumu and awesome things will happen!πŸ˜„πŸ˜„β€οΈβ€οΈ mahalo @nopili for the great video😎😎 #kapahawaii #kapa #hawaiiankapa #iwikuamoo #iwikuamoΚ»o #molokai #boat

Little waves aren't bad but not gonna recommend it after 24 hours of stream flow 😳😳

At the #kaanapalibeachhotel making kapa as part of the Kauluhiwaolele Fiber Arts Conerence on Maui

So awesome to be at the Manoa Heritage Center making kapa for our iwi kupuna.

Beautiful nahenahe day at the #uhmanoa lo'i site to pound kapa for our ancestors. To learn how to sign up for classes to make burial items for our iwi kupuna, visit www.hawaiianchurchhawaiinei.org

The wauke tree is calling you... I have a few more openings in the 6 month kapa session that begins August 14.... excited to get some new kapa makers startedπŸ˜„πŸ˜„ #kapa #kapaclass #hawaiianarts

Been trapped in the studio all week so I'm happy to hear the kuku sounds from class today

Must be soothing...😴😴😴

Just like a cat...a tiny green cat that runs around on the walls and ninja jumps off the ceiling #easypets #littledragons #madagascardaygecko

We go pound β€˜um while baby supervises

After two weeks in different parts of the island, about half fermented well and half need another week or so, but good work and focus in class tonight.

This group will help make and design kapa for the new Kalanihookaha Learning Center in Nanakuli

This group will help make and design kapa that will be part of the new Kalanihookaha Learning Center in Nanakuli

Kapa by moonlight and street light

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The Arts of Hawaiian Kapa

Just doing my part to help preserve and perpetuate a part of our culture. If you have questions about what it is, how to get it, how to learn about it or anything else, feel free to ask. Here are a couple of basics about bark cloth:


  • Places that anciently didn’t have woven fabric (like the islands of the Pacific) made most of their clothing out of beaten tree bark fiber.

  • In Hawaii, plants that were generally used included paper mulberry, mamaki and bread fruit. Paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera is originally from China and was part of the earliest waves of ocean voyaging people across the Pacific.

  • This was typically the work of the women and we were proud of it.

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