§ 01 Product. Hakon · Men's t-shirt · 43,00 GBP
AK · 36 · Hakon 01 / 04 men's t-shirt by Animal Kinhood with Hakon, the Arctic tern
AK · Nº 36 / 19 Hakon · Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Noruega

Hakon.

Men's t-shirt

This men's arctic tern t-shirt carries Hakon, a carpenter. He shores up, shims and relevels houses raised on piles driven into ground that freezes and thaws; when the ground moves, the house moves with it. Hakon is one of the characters in my Animal Kinhood series, and in the portrait he shows up with the black cap, the coral-red bill and three layers at the neck.

Printing
All-over, vibrant and washableAOP DTG · sublimation
Production
Cut and sewn in 3–7 daysOn demand · no stock
Shipping
Worldwide with trackingUSA / Latvia
Warranty
Defective? We reprint itAt no extra cost
43,00 GBP Tax included · white-label
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§ 02 The real species. Sterna paradisaea · Arctic tern
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) in the wild Foto: Peter Pearsall / USFWS (dominio público)
The real species

Arctic tern.

Sterna paradisaea

In August the wood moves more.

Breeds on Arctic and subarctic coasts, islets and coastal tundra — Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, northern Scandinavia and Russia, the British Isles, the Canadian Arctic and Alaska — on shingle beaches and predator-free islets. Winters in the Southern Ocean, tied to the sea ice and to the most productive waters of the southern hemisphere.

§ 03 The story behind the portrait. 3 min · 02 chapters
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CAP · 01 / 02

Twenty minutes without breathing

At twelve, his father let him hold the other end of the batten. Hakon spent twenty minutes without breathing all the way, his air cut in half, watching that the bubble in the level didn't slip out from between the two lines. His father didn't correct his stance or explain anything; he went on measuring and left the batten where it was. That spirit level is the one he has now, and the first thing he takes out when he walks into a house that has gone crooked.

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CAP · 02 / 02

The way he has of giving an estimate

“This holds one more winter. The next one, no.” He says it as he steps down off the scaffolding, with his hand flat on the facade, and with that he has given the whole estimate: the owner knows what is in front of them and in what order the money is going to go. No round number and no courtesy margin. The ones who have been in the village for years don't ask him to put it in writing anymore; they note the year down and call when it is time. Then he climbs back up and shims the corner just enough to hold until the thaw.

Hakon · Read the full biography
§ 04 Technical specs. Category · pod
Material & composition
100% poliéster (impreso, cortado y cosido · all-over)
Production
Print provider: PrintfulProduction method: DTGProduction time: 2–7 business days
Care & maintenance
Lavar a máquina del revés en agua fría. No usar lejía. Secar a baja temperatura.
Shipping & timing
Shipping category: apparel_aop
§ 06 More of Hakon. 08 objects · same author
§ 07 What people ask. 08 · about POD
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  • Yago Partal is a visual artist and photographer from Barcelona known for Zoo Portraits (2013), a project that brought his work to international media. Animal Kinhood is the evolution of that artistic exploration.
  • Animal Kinhood is a series of anthropomorphic animal portraits created by Yago Partal. Each portrait features a real species dressed in clothing that reflects its personality, blending photography, illustration, and artificial intelligence.