Got any Tapa designs?

Hey, KOOL KATZ & KITTIES!
I'm still looking for Tapa style designs
We're now thinking possibly Sixties retro-ish. I might be making my own stamps,including some primitive dog images.
any suggestions or sources?

I'm interested, too. I am stuck with a plain white ceiling. I really want to do faint tapa designs in a very light tan/cream, but I don't know if I can get away with it. What I really want is grass matting or something, but that won't happen.

:drink:
Tacky

PM Dawn (Sophista-tiki)
She's the Tapa Laureate around here!
:)

Also,check your library in the Ethnic/Carving/Decorative Arts-Crafts section
They's always good stuff at the library!

this has been a Tiki Central public service announcement....

The University of Oregon has a nice web page with lots of pictures of their tapa collection -

http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/Pages/tapa.html

Pretty cool stuff!

Do a search for tapa on ebay--always some nice pieces for inspiration there.

Hi there

Check out the Samoan Tapa designs on this site: http://www.aotearoa.co.nz/pacific/samoa/gallery.html

Humuhumu's Critiki has som pretty cool photos of tapa and alot of other cool image galleries...
http://www.critiki.com/cgi-bin/images.cgi?gallery_id=24#/images/locations/656/2417_large.JPG