# Kōwhaiwhai × Tapa (Barkcloth) — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=kowhaiwhai+tapa
# Kōwhaiwhai carries the structure. Tapa (Barkcloth) appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Kōwhaiwhai (Style, 18th century–) and its accent from Tapa (Barkcloth) (Technique, prehistory–). Structural cues: Repeating koru spirals; Red, black and white; Symmetry and reflection; Bands following the rafters. Accent cues, used sparingly: The beaten texture of bark; Repeating geometric pattern; Earth-toned pigments; Great ceremonial sheets. Composition: Run the band along the rafter and mirror it about the center line. Type and lettering: Let koru direction mark the phrasing and keep the spiral turns even. Let one material quality come from the second style: Beaten and joined bark, earth pigments stamped, drawn and smoked in. Mood: Calm, Trust, Intimacy. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Kōwhaiwhai: Using the patterns as decoration apart from the genealogy they record removes the sign of whose story it is and becomes appropriation.
# - Tapa (Barkcloth): Cutting the patterns loose from the island they belong to strips them of the insignia function and leaves only decoration.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/kowhaiwhai/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/tapa/design.md