Saddle Road Big Island Ceramic Art Tile

The pass between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, running across the Big Island from the rainforest above Hilo to the open country above Waimea. The road climbs out of the trade-wind clouds and the world opens into something that looks more like the moon than the Pacific. Black lava in every direction. Rental contracts used to forbid driving it. The new alignment is wider and paved and posted. The silence is the same. Puʻu Huluhulu, the small cinder cone at the saddle, is where people pull off to wait for the light.

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