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Iao Needle Maui Ceramic Art Tile
$22.00
A basalt spire that rises about 1,200 feet straight out of the floor of ʻĪao Valley, draped in moss the rain keeps fed. The Hawaiian name is Kūkaemoku. Below it runs ʻĪao Stream, the same one that gave the 1790 battle its name, Kepaniwai, the damming of the waters. The cloud comes and goes on its own schedule. From the lookout the spire shows and then it doesn't. People walk the paved path quietly. It is not a long visit and it is not meant to be.
Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.