Torrey Pines
$22.00
A 2,000-acre coastal reserve north of La Jolla, protecting one of only two natural populations of Pinus torreyana on Earth. The other population grows on Santa Rosa Island, about 175 miles up the coast. The reserve sits on a high sandstone bluff above the Pacific, with trails along the cliff edge and a switchback down to Torrey Pines State Beach. The pines are smaller than people expect, twisted by onshore wind and salt; the cliffs behind them are wind-carved in soft yellow tones, with hawks lifting on the updraft most afternoons.
Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.