Our Commitment to Cultural and Environmental Sustainability
For every Wauke tree we use in our practice, two more grow back! We have planted seven wauke patches around O‘ahu that are thriving, and we are continue to plant and cultivate more for our future Mea Kapa (Kapa Makers) and for environmental and cultural restoration!
From our Kapa products produced with homegrown Wauke and Dyes, to our packaging made of homegrown Coconut Fiber and up-cycled fabric, we are committed to a no-plastic practice.
Learn more about how we practice sustainability in our materials and packaging on Our Process page.
Sea Life Park Kapa Workshops
FREE Kapa Experience Available at Sea Life Park
Participate in this free cultural workshop, offered every month at no additional cost to Sea Life Park Annual Passholders, and as part of the parkʻs general admission ticket. Guests who participate will get to make and take a piece of Mo‘omo‘o following their activity.
During this Kapa experience, you are invited to learn the basics of the art of Kapa Making as the Kula Kapa Waimānalo team uses traditional methods to teach you how to process Hawaiian Wauke trees, or Paper Mulberry, into Mo‘omo‘o, a fibrous material that is the precursor to actual Hawaiian Kapa. The workshops take place in the open air Kamani grove at iconic Sea Life Park at Kaopō, overlooking Mānana and Kāohikaipu Islands. This experience is free with admission to the park, you can find out more at sealifeparkhawaii.com
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Hawaiian Kapa
Kapa is the traditional fabric of ancient Hawaiʻi. Our ancestors used the resources of the rich ʻāina surrounding them to create colorful, unique pieces of cloth that reflect the vibrance of our culture.
A Truly Hawaiian Gift
Appropriate for any age, gender, culture, and occasion, Kapa makes the perfect gift. Our products are ethically made, sustainably sourced, and each piece is absolutely unique.
Fine Art
Artist Page Chang has a passion for mixing her own Hawaiian culture with her education and background in fine art. This creates wonderful, blended works depicting what being a Hawaiian means to her. From oil paintings to Kapa Malo and more, discover Pūkoʻa's Fine Art Collection
Workshop Testimonials
Wearable Kapa
Wearable Kapa is our vision for the future of Hawai'is representation in fashion. Our goal with these products is to create modern Hawaiian fashions using traditional Hawaiian practices and materials, connecting our past, present, and future. By doing this, we hope to represent our culture in a beautiful, accessible, and sustainable way.
Kapa Outreach Education Program
A large part of our mission involves ensuring the cultural education of Hawaiʻis future generations. We run kapa education programs at multiple schools across Oʻahu, teaching students from age 7 and up. Through the program they learn to cultivate a native garden, craft traditional tools, and of course make kapa. The program is structured in a way that allows schools to continue sharing Kapa making independent of us after approximately 2 years. This allows us to bring the experience to more students, schools, and teachers!
Pūko‘a Farm
Here at Pūkoʻa, we value sustainability and ethicality above all. A key aspect of hawaiian culture is malama aina, to care for the land. All of our recources are locally sourced and harvested. We grow numerous native plants in our mala and are always adding more. We have spent years researching, gathering, cultivating, and maintaining our crops. Great pride is taken in using them to create natural, sustainable products. Learn more about our materials and products here.
Our Promise
Founded by a mixed-race native-Hawaiian woman-artist, Pūko’a Studios works to perpetuate Hawaiian culture with authenticity and integrity. We not only dedicate ourselves to reducing our footprint on the planet by observing Hawaiian values of aloha ‘āina, mālama aina, and ike kupuna, loving the earth, caring for the earth, and honoring ancestral knowledge, we also strive to educate those in our community and beyond in these practices and values. A family run business, we fight against both humanitarian and environmental injustices done every day. Making kapa is innately sustainable as it is made from native Hawaiian plants and native Hawaiian growing and processing practices. If we don't use native Materials, we are committed to using natural, organic, locally sourced materials whenever possible. All other tools and materials are vigorously vetted for social ethicality and environmentally responsible shipping and production practices.