Oceanside
— — the long wooden pier walking out into the Pacific.
Not only on a wall.
“A beach town at the north end of San Diego County, set between the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton and the lagoons of Carlsbad. The wooden pier reaching out into the Pacific is the longest of its kind on the West Coast at 1,942 feet. Inland, the white adobe walls of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia have stood since 1798, the largest of the California missions. Summer mornings hold the marine layer until almost lunchtime, then the sky opens and the swell at the harbour mouth starts working. from the studio
Oceanside, 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.
Oceanside is the northernmost coastal city in San Diego County, California, bordered on the north by the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton and on the south by Carlsbad. The city covers about 105 square kilometres and had a population of roughly 174,000 at the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the county. The San Luis Rey River runs through it to the sea. Interstate 5 and the Pacific Surfliner rail line carry traffic up the coast toward Los Angeles; the Oceanside Transit Center is the northern terminus of the San Diego Coaster commuter line.
The Oceanside Municipal Pier, rebuilt in 1987 after a series of earlier piers were lost to storms, runs 1,942 feet into the Pacific and is the longest wooden pier on the West Coast of the United States. The harbour to the north of the pier shelters a small fishing fleet and a sportfishing operation, and the jetties around its mouth create the wedge that draws surfers year-round. South Pacific Street and The Strand run a continuous beach walk south toward the Buena Vista Lagoon, which marks the boundary with Carlsbad.
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, founded in 1798 on the inland side of town, is the largest of California's 21 Spanish missions and remains an active Franciscan parish. The mission grounds, museum, and church are open to visitors at 4050 Mission Avenue. The California Surf Museum sits two blocks inland from the pier on Pier View Way and traces the sport's history through Hawaiian, Californian, and competitive eras. Sunset Market on Thursday evenings closes a stretch of Pier View Way for street food, music, and craft vendors most weeks of the year.