Pipeline Banzai Oahu Ceramic Art Tile

Pipeline sits off Ehukai Beach on Oahu's North Shore, a few hundred yards from the Kamehameha Highway. From November through March, North Pacific swells arrive and the wave stands up into a hollow, glassy room that lasts a second or two before it folds. Locals call the right-hand break Backdoor. Photographers line the sand at first light. The reef is shallow and the wave is taken seriously by everyone who paddles out. Most days, even the watching is quiet. Wax, board straps, eyes on the horizon, waiting for the set.

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