Siapo Mamanu · Painted Freehand
Beaten Bark,
Living Grids
Felted paper-mulberry, decorated stroke by stroke with a pandanus brush — cocoa o'a, soot lama, and rust loa laid into rows of triangles, arcs, and starbursts. Never machine-perfect; always the warmth of the human hand.
o'a brown
loa rust
ochre
lama black
fresh bark