{"product_id":"unification-2026","title":"\"Unification\" 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnification\u003c\/em\u003e is a one-of-a-kind sculptural work by New Zealand artist John Allen, and part of the \u003cem\u003eUnity\u003c\/em\u003e series — a body of work rooted in a single, profound idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe root is cut lengthwise, split open to expose its interior, sanded smooth, and reassembled — the two mirror-image halves placed side by side. In doing so, a heart emerges. Not imposed, not carved — simply revealed. The tree already held it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnity\u003c\/em\u003e, as John Allen understands it, is not something imposed from outside. It is something arrived at from within — through the willingness to open oneself, to do the inner work, to release what no longer serves, to accept what is. It is in that process of self-exposure and self-knowing, of individuation, that the paradoxical deeper realisation emerges: that we are not separate at all. That beneath the surface of individual experience, we are in unity with everyone and everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is a volcanic rock from Auckland — grounding the work in the land from which both materials came.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePōhutukawa root (Beachlands) · Volcanic rock (Auckland) · Oil and wax · 400 height × 300 × 300mm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JOHN ALLEN SCULPTOR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58761170583712,"sku":null,"price":1700.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/8172\/0224\/files\/IMG_1435.jpg?v=1787636244","url":"https:\/\/www.johnallensculptor.com\/products\/unification-2026","provider":"JOHN ALLEN SCULPTOR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}