U’A STUDIO
Mamanu · Register IV
Beaten by hand · Painted freehand

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Every siapo begins on aged paper-mulberry — never cream, never white. Cocoa o’a, soot lama, and earthy loa are brushed into registers of fish, shell, and starburst, one irregular stroke at a time.

A workshop on the painted line — not the printed one

O’a brown Lama soot Loa rust Ochre
This is the Samoan Siapo Mamanu design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Samoan Siapo Mamanu guide → designbycurio.com/learn/samoan-siapo-tapa-mamanu