Etched into the woodblock are impressions of Samoa's natural world: birds, sea shells, flowers, leaves, bats, fish. With the cloth stretched over the woodblock, Makulata scrapes a lump of red clay ...

And birds, known as "fa'agogo," embody navigation and guidance. "They can go off, adventure, but they always find their way back home," she said. "And so, just like the Samoan culture, you can ...