Villa Cimbrone

The villa above Ravello, on a ridge that ends at the sea. Ernest Beckett bought it ruined in 1904 and spent thirteen years restoring it; the gardens have been open to the public ever since. The Terrace of Infinity is the part everyone remembers, a long stone walk lined with weathered marble busts, the parapet stopping at the edge of nothing. Lawrence worked on a novel here in 1926. Greta Garbo came in '38 to disappear for a few weeks. The view has been called the most beautiful in the world for a hundred years, and people still come up the path from the piazza to see whether it's true.

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