Grand Cayman
— — a long white beach and a shallow turquoise shelf.
Not only on a wall.
“The largest of the three Cayman Islands, a low limestone shelf rising barely above the western Caribbean. Seven Mile Beach runs along the leeward coast — a single unbroken strip of pale coral sand and the calm water that comes with a reef. North Sound opens into a wide turquoise lagoon shallow enough to stand in for a mile out, where the southern stingrays come to be fed at a sandbar that the dive boats know by name. from the studio
Grand Cayman, on ceramic.
Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.
Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.
The place, in three passes.
Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean about 240 kilometres south of Cuba and 268 kilometres northwest of Jamaica. The island runs roughly 35 kilometres east to west and covers about 197 square kilometres. George Town, on the western coast, is the capital and the cruise-ship port. The island is a low-lying limestone platform; the highest natural elevation, in the Mastic Reserve, is only about 18 metres above sea level. The population is roughly 70,000.
Seven Mile Beach, running along the leeward western coast, is in fact closer to 6.3 miles of continuous coral sand fronting a calm, reef-protected shelf. Visibility on the offshore wall regularly exceeds 30 metres. North Sound, the broad lagoon on the island's north side, holds Stingray City — a shallow sandbar where southern stingrays gather in water about waist-deep, a site established by local fishermen who cleaned their catch there from the 1980s onward. The Bloody Bay Wall lies a short flight away on neighbouring Little Cayman.
Owen Roberts International Airport in George Town receives direct flights from a dozen U.S. and Canadian cities and from London. No visa is required for citizens of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, or the EU for stays under 30 days. The Cayman Islands dollar is fixed at 1 KYD = 1.25 USD; U.S. dollars are accepted everywhere. The dry season runs roughly November to April. Hurricane season runs June through November, with peak risk in September and October.