Kuilima Turtle Bay Oahu Ceramic Art Tile

The bay at the corner of Oʻahu's North Shore, where the coast turns east toward Kahuku Point. The name Kuilima means joining hands. A limestone reef arc a hundred yards offshore takes the open swell, so while the rest of the North Shore is closed out by winter surf, the cove inside Kuilima Point stays glassy. Honu come in to feed in the shallows most mornings, slow shadows over the white sand. Locals knew the bay as the place the turtles always returned to, and after a while the older name gave way.

Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.