Kapa Making with Page Chang
VIDEO: Page Chang of Pūko‘a Studios shares the process of making kapa, traditional Hawaiian barkcloth, while reflecting on what the practice means to her.
May 2025
Page Chang pounds the inner bark of the wauke tree to make kapa.
Kapa is traditional Hawaiian barkcloth made by stripping, pounding, and fermenting the inner bark of the paper mulberry or wauke tree. In this video, Page Chang of Pūko‘a Studios demonstrates parts of the kapa-making process and reflects on how the practice connects her to her ancestors, her descendants, and the land. Visit Pūko‘a Studios online at pukoastudios.com and instagram.com/pukoastudios.
Learn more about contemporary artists working with kapa in Beauty in the Bark by Catherine Lo Griffin in the Summer 2025 issue of American Craft.
Visit Pūko‘a Studios online.
This video was made possible with support from the Windgate Foundation.
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