Kapa Kuiki T-Shirt

Illustrated by our founder Kea Peters and printed by a Native Hawaiian owned business on a soft tri-blend tee that gets softer over time. Tahlee is wearing a size Large and Sunema is wearing a size Small. Find the ilima tote here.

Hawaiian quilts, or kapa kuiki, are distinctive textile artworks that blend Hawaiian cultural motifs with quilting techniques introduced by 19th-century missionaries. These intricate quilts typically feature bold, symmetrical designs inspired by plants and hold deep cultural and personal significance. The founder and artist of Kakou Collective has a yearly tradition of illustrating a new kapa kuiki to symbolize something she learned or a plant that impacted her growth that year, with one of these kapa kuiki designs evolving into the company's current logo.