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Monk Seal Poipu Kauai Ceramic Art Tile
$22.00
A sleeping animal can change a morning. The Hawaiian monk seal hauls onto Poipu's warm sand and the beach goes quiet around it. In Hawaiian the species is ʻīlio-holo-i-ka-uaua, the dog that runs in rough water. When one comes ashore, volunteers stake a quiet rope at fifty feet so the seal can rest. Fewer than 1,600 remain. Poipu is shaped like a wishbone, with a sandbar walking out into the surf. People come for the snorkeling. Some leave thinking about something else.
Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.