{"product_id":"direct-descendant-limited-print","title":"Direct Descendant — Limited Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition of 25 · The original is gone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is my interpretation of Kahungunu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI took it from one of the pou carved in Te Whare o Rangi — the wharenui at my old high school, Te Aute College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'd been wanting to paint it. Around the same time Mum handed me a manila folder. Our whakapapa. She said, \"yeah, you look after this.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo I went through it. And I buzzed out. From her koro and kuia, the lines run straight back to Kahungunu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDamn. I'm a direct descendant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one's Kahungunu. But it isn't only for Kahungunu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a statement. You come from a long line of people who navigated. People who worked out what was happening in this world, in this place, and how to be here. Think about all of them — the ones who are now the namesakes of our iwi, our hapū. The prophets we descend from. Every one of them was trying to make uri who'd keep going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you reckon they thought the line would last this long? I don't know. But I'm here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's what I want you to feel. Know your place. You're here for something bigger than you — to keep the lines going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what if, twenty generations out, your uri are painting you? Telling stories about what you were and what you got through?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's what Direct Descendant means to me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's sold. Crated up and going to Australia. That one's not coming back. These 25 are the way in now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA2 · 420 × 594 mm\u003c\/strong\u003e — a proper wall piece. Measure first, it's bigger than you think.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnframed.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glass breaks in transit and you know your wall better than I do.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGiclée on Hahnemühle Photo Rag — 100% cotton, archival inks. Won't fade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned and numbered by hand in the Pōneke studio before it ships.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFree shipping in Aotearoa.\u003c\/strong\u003e Allow 2–3 weeks — it gets printed for you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/prints-explained\"\u003eMore about the prints\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/shipping\"\u003eShipping\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/returns\"\u003eReturns\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mawhēriki","offers":[{"title":"A2 · 420 × 594 mm","offer_id":48151818797241,"sku":"MAV-DD-LP-A2","price":340.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/6231\/2889\/files\/direct-descendant.jpg?v=1784235068","url":"https:\/\/mawheriki.shop\/products\/direct-descendant-limited-print","provider":"Mawhēriki","version":"1.0","type":"link"}