Subject: Lining tapa
Ivonne Geisler <geisler.ivonne [at] gmx__de> writes >I am working at a painted tapa from Fiji. This has to be lined. >Unfortunately water causes stains. Does anyone has experiences with >synthetic resins onto tapa? The message was unclear as to why the tapa piece had to be lined. First, you might want to consider that the item is a work of art on paper, which in a sense it is. Not knowing all the details, I suggest you seriously consider lining the piece with plain bark cloth, tapa, from either Fiji or Samoa (but not Tonga). I will be in Fiji in September and will be pleased to discuss the matter with the Fiji Museum, if you wish. Do you have access to SIAPO: Bark Cloth Art of Samoa, by Mary Pritchard, photography by John C. Wright, 1984, now sadly out of print. One of Mary's granddaughters has a website <siapo.com> and through it you can, in fact, order tapa. We can send you instructions for using it. Please feel free to contact me John Cotton Wright <pono<-a t->hawaii411< . >com>. Aloha, John Cotton Wright *** Conservation DistList Instance 18:51 Distributed: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 Message Id: cdl-18-51-020 ***Received on Tuesday, 19 April, 2005