From the mountain and the ocean, there is 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 print table, and the long road between towns as the weather moves across the slopes of Haleakalā.

Moses Aipa is an artist, designer, woodworker, and printer — his practice shaped by years working across progressive lifestyle, technology, and creative industries. Alana Kysar is a cookbook author, recipe developer, photographer, and grower — her practice rooted in Hawaiʻi and reaching well beyond it. Mauka Makai Generalº is a life shared between studio and kitchen, workshop and farm.

Things are made slowly, in small quantities, and often in season. Some entirely by hand. Some in collaboration with farmers, cooks, artists, and makers whose work we respect. Each one tied to a specific time and place — not a product category, but a moment in the year.

Each release is recorded in the MMGº Papa Helu — a running ledger archiving what was made, when, how many, and the story behind it.

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, and bring that exchange back home.

Aloha.

Alana & Moses
Mauka Makai Generalº