The Barkcloth Basics: Interpreting and Understanding Pacific Barkcloth workshops that we had hoped to take place in our partner museums in August 2020, unfortunately will not be able to …
American Samoan U‘a Patch & New Workshop Dates
Reggie Meredith, our wonderful tapa maker and practitioner in American Samoa, sent us this photo of her weeding and maintaining her u’a (paper mulberry) patch a couple of weeks …
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Barkcloth Basics – Workshop Postponement Announcement
Sadly, the upcoming Barkcloth Basics: Interpreting and Understanding Pacific Barkcloth workshops have been postponed due to concern over the spread of COVID-19. The virus’ fast-paced development around the world …
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Barkcloth Basics: Interpreting and Understanding Pacific Barkcloth
An exciting, upcoming workshop which aims to raise the awareness, skills and understanding of Pacific barkcloth for museum staff. Venues & Dates: Horniman Museum and Gardens, London, Friday 3 …
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Student Blog: Volunteering for the Barkcloth Workshop
This spring, four students from the CTC assisted with the Conservation of Polynesian Barkcloth & Practical Siapo Barkcloth Making workshop held at the University of Glasgow. The three-day workshop …
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