Honoring Tradition, Expanding Possibilities--Hawaiian Artist Receives Emerging Native Arts ...
The Walker Youngbird Foundation is pleased to announce that Lehuauakea, a Native Hawaiian artist and kapa practitioner, has ...
Loughborough University9 天
Inside the Sustainable Textile Futures exhibition at London’s Embassy of Japan
In the heart of London’s Piccadilly, the Embassy of Japan is hosting Sustainable Textile Futures: Contemporary Design ...
Amazon S3 on MSN21 天
Anessi's Barkcloth Art (1982)
The film follows a 12-year-old girl named Agnesi Aafi from the Kingdom of Tonga, as she prepares for her cousin Fanny's wedding. Set against the backdrop of Tonga's rich culture, Agnesi shares her ...
Hawaii Public Radio21 天
This kapa maker wants to further the tradition of the Pacific art form
Lehuauakea was born in Portland, Oregon, and raised in Pāpaʻikou on Hawaiʻi Island. They learned the labor-intensive work of kapa making from barkcloth maker Wesley Sen, who trained in Pacific ...
The young generation beating new life into tapa cloth
Ngatu, siapo, aute, masi, tapa… just some of the names from across the Pacific for barkcloth which reflect the rich variety ...
Loughborough University9 个月
Current Students and Staff
In the heart of London’s Piccadilly, the Embassy of Japan is hosting Sustainable Textile Futures: Contemporary Design ...