Magic Sands Big Island Ceramic Art Tile

A pocket of white sand on the western shore of Hawai'i Island, set into the lava rock south of Kailua-Kona. The Hawaiian name is La'aloa, meaning "very sacred." Locals also call it White Sands, or Disappearing Sands, because the winter swell carries the sand off the rock and the summer returns it. Bodyboarders ride the shorebreak. A pavilion, a lifeguard tower, a few palms along Ali'i Drive. The beach is rarely empty and almost never the same size twice.

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