KAPA RESOURCES

• “Specimens of Hawaiian Kapa” is a collection of 95 folios compiled by antiquarian Don R. Severson in 1978. Each folio contains a book outlining the history of kapa and several samples of historic kapa, cut from larger sheets. I have digitized three copies that exist in local institutions.

“Specimens of Hawaiian Kapa” Copy 20
“Specimens of Hawaiian Kapa” Copy 28
“Specimens of Hawaiian Kapa” Copy 29

• Recording of my presentation on Copy 28 at UH Hilo’s Moʻokini Library

• “Bast, Ferns, and Mud: Experimental Recreation of a Kapa Kaha (Barkcloth).” Paradea, 2021.

• Kuku Kapa and Pilina ʻĀina StoryMap
  (graduate project in which I interviewed five kūpuna kapa makers; ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi version available and linked in English version)

• ʻOhe Kāpala Bamboo Stamping, 1984

• Dalani Tanahy’s website (tremendous resource!) and instagram

• Roen Hufford’s website

• Kapa Kulture blog (another favorite website)

• Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond’s instagram

• Full PDF of Ka Hana Kapa (William T. Brigham for horrid racist old white man and he says some awful stuff in this book; however, there are aspects of this work that remain useful for kapa practitioners)

• Research paper on using paper mulberry as a proxy for understanding human migration

Books I have found invaluable in my studies on kapa, Hawaiian flora, and Kanaka-lāʻau relationships:

• Tapa in Polynesia by Simon Kooijman (highly recommended)

• Arts and Crafts of Hawaiʻi by Te Rangi Hiroa aka Peter H. Buck

• Lāʻau Hawaiʻi by Isabella Aiona Abbott

• Plants in Hawaiian Culture by Beatrice Krauss

ART RESOURCES

• SciArt guidelines that I formulated during my fellowship with Hawaiʻi Sea Grant.

• Pigments Revealed International

• Wild Pigment Project

• Ecoprinting tutorials by Barb

• Lake pigment and dye recipes by Nada Makes

Favorite books:

• Hawaiʻi Dye Plants and Dye Recipes by Val Krohn-Ching

• The Organic Artist Book by Nick Neddo

• The Art and Science of Natural Dyes by Joy Boutrup and Catharine Ellis

• Make Ink by Jason Logan

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

• South Kohala Resource Collection: a list of websites and other materials that I curated, pertaining to the Kohala Hema (South Kohala) region. Topics include local flora, moʻolelo, ethnographic work, and music.

• Starr Environmental: my go-to website for help with identifying local plants.

• Native Plants Hawaiʻi: my other go-to for plant stuff. Note that their search function is broken and you will need to browse plants by name alphabetically.

• Coastal Plants along the Ala Kahakai: map of native plants that I made while surveying a section of the historic trail system in South Kohala.

• Ethnobotanical brochure that I created focusing on plants native to our coastlines.

• USGS topoView: search anywhere and find all USGS maps made of that area over time.