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MONDAY, FEB. 6 to TUESDAY FEB. 7, 2012 VOLUME 106 ISSUE 67
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Kapa artist offers hands-on class experience DEIRDRE R IPPE Contributing Writer
Where: Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Mānoa Rd. When: Feb. 11, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $20. Class size limited; registration required. Class fee $20. Contact: Call 988-0456 to register.
Ka‘iulani de Silva, kapa artist for more than 20 years, will be teaching a course on kapa at Lyon Arboretum this coming weekend. Kapa is a type of cloth made by pounding the bast fibers (thin inner layer of bark) of the wauke, or paper mulberry tree. Afterward, patterns are pounded in, printed or dyed onto the kapa, which is then used for a multitude of purposes such as clothing, tapestries and blankets. Kapa is not unique to Hawai‘i – tapa and siapo are similar cloths made in Oceania – but methods such as fermenting the fibers, allowing them to be softer and easier to pound together smoothly, are found only here. Silva learned the art of making Hawaiian kapa from the mother of one of the students in her hula hālau. “It’s not only the process,” she said on learn-
ing the art form, “but the values you learn while you’re spending the hours pounding; for large sheets of kapa, it can take eight to 15 hours, or more.” Regarding her upcoming class, she explained that since it’s only three and a half hours long, students will be producing a smaller piece. “The size of [the] piece students can take home depends on how well they can pound,” she said. The class will give an overview of the history of kapa in Oceania, introduce related stories and illustrate the myriad uses of kapa before getting to the activity portion. “It’s a very hands-on class,” Silva said. After taking a tour of the garden where their supplies come from, students will engage in preparing the bast fibers, pounding them and printing designs on their fi nished pieces to take home. Silva said that if there is enough interest, more classes, such as kapa dyeing and long-term kapa projects, may be offered.
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Samoan siapo, shown here, is made similarly to Hawaiian kapa, but printed with different patterns. The Feb. 11 class, held at Lyon Arboretum, will highlight some of the unique properties of the Hawaiian process.
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