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09 Dec 2025

HALE KAPA, or Kapa House in English

New gallery shop opened in Lihu’e on Kaua’i, Hawai’i. It is a home for the Kapa Revival Project, a place to hold classes and workshops in the Hawaiian arts, especially kapa arts, and a place to see kapa on display and purchase tools for kapa making. There are also a number of beautiful island-style items for sale. Right now there are Christmas ornaments made with kapa and stamped with ‘ohe kapala, bamboo stamps in traditional Hawaiian motifs.

2981 Kalena Street, Lihu’e, HI. 96766

Check out the new Hale Kapa website

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09 Nov 2025

Tatau

https://www.polynesiantattoosymbols.com/symbol-birds.html

https://www.polynesiantattoosymbols.com/symbol-birds.html
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13 Sep 2013

Hoʻowehi i ke kapa

Today I am experimenting with various dyes and creating colors that will be used to dye the kapa I have made. I will hoʻawa, extract dye colors from plants, to make ka waihoʻoluʻu, the dye, using ʻōlena for yellow, ʻukiʻuki for blue… overlapped they might make green… we shall see…will post photos later…

The botanical names for these dye plants are:

ʻōlena

ʻōlena ~ Curcuma longa


ʻōlena plant

ʻōlena plant

ʻukiʻuki ~ Dianella Sandwicensis

ʻukiʻuki ~ Dianella sandwicensis

~ALOHA~

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