Pasifika Hoodies

New Zealand is a melting pot of cultures, including many from the Pacific islands. This is my tribute to some of the beautiful, traditional tapa cloth designs that have been a huge inspiration to me over the years.

New Zealand is a melting pot of cultures, including many from the Pacific islands. This is my tribute to some of the beautiful, traditional tapa cloth designs that have been a huge inspiration to me over the years.

New Zealand is a melting pot of cultures, including many from the Pacific islands. This is my tribute to some of the beautiful, traditional tapa cloth designs that have been a huge inspiration to me over the years.

New Zealand is a melting pot of cultures, including many from the Pacific islands. This is my tribute to some of the beautiful, traditional tapa cloth designs that have been a huge inspiration to me over the years.

New Zealand is a melting pot of cultures, including many from the Pacific islands. This is my tribute to some of the beautiful, traditional tapa cloth designs that have been a huge inspiration to me over the years.

Inspired by the beautiful tapa cloth art (traditionally painted onto the beaten inner-bark of the paper mulberry tree). This is my take on this wonderful art form, featuring 2 icons of the Pacific region - sea turtles & hibiscus flowers.

Inspired by the beautiful tapa cloth art (traditionally painted onto the beaten inner-bark of the paper mulberry tree). This is my take on this wonderful art form, featuring 2 icons of the Pacific region - sea turtles & hibiscus flowers.

Many of the motifs and things I love come together in these hearts, floating upward like bubbles or balloons.

Tinirau - Cook Islands Hero

Tinirau - Cook Islands Hero

Tinirau - Cook Islands Hero

Ina - Cook Islands Hero

My tribute to a traditional art form of many Pacific Islands that features striking designs and simple colors painted onto tapa cloth (made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree). I fell in love the 1st time I saw it.