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Punaluu Black Sand Big Island Ceramic Art Tile
$22.00
A small crescent of jet-black sand on the south coast of the Big Island, between Pāhala and Naʻalehu. The sand is basalt, lava that ran into the ocean and shattered into grains when it hit cold water. Coconut palms lean over the bay. Hawaiian green sea turtles, the honu, come ashore to bask on the warm dark sand most afternoons. The water runs cold near the shore where freshwater springs slip in from the slopes above. The name is the old Hawaiian word for the springs, and for diving to gather them.
Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.