Munro Trail Lanaihale Ceramic Art Tile

The spine of Lanai, the long ridge that climbs to Lanaihale at the island's highest point. A century ago George Munro planted Cook pines along this ridge so they would comb water from the trade-wind cloud. The trees still do the work, slowly, every morning. The trail itself runs about twelve miles through fog and ohia and old red dirt. On the rare clear morning from the summit, five other Hawaiian islands rise out of the channel on every side. Most mornings the cloud closes in instead, and the pines stand black and dripping in it.

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