From the mountain to the ocean, there is a connection. Mauka to makai. This is where the work begins.

Mauka Makai Generalº grew out of daily life in Kula——our home in Upcountry Maui, a small garden and rows of flowers, the kitchen, the workshop, the creative studio, and the long road between towns as the weather moves across the slopes of Haleakalā.

It came from paying attention to the place, the seasons, a shared love for creating, and the work that accumulates while we grow.

Moses Aipa is an artist, designer, and woodworker. Alana Kysar is a cookbook author, recipe developer, photographer, and grower. Mauka Makai Generalº is a life shared between studio and kitchen, workshop and farm.

The company is a reflection of different disciplines finding common ground in place, material, and season.

Things are made slowly, in small quantities, and often in season. Editions, objects, culinary curations. Prints numbered and documented. Objects crafted in the workshop. Goods grown on the land.

Some are made entirely by hand. Some come from collaborations with farmers, cooks, artists, and makers whose work we respect. Each one is tied to a specific time and place — not a product category, but a moment in the year.

We release work in editions. Each release is recorded in the MMGºPapa Helu——a running ledger that archives what was made, when it was released, how many exist, and the story behind it. The ledger is our record of practice. Over time.

Hawaiʻi is our anchor. The culture teaches us how to pay attention——to materials, to weather, to community, to the responsibility of where we live. From that foundation, we look outward, toward people and places beyond, and bring that exchange back home.

Aloha.

Moses & Alana
Mauka Makai Generalº