Shelburne Bay
— — the wide quiet water the Adirondacks watch from across.
Not only on a wall.
“A long sheltered arm of Lake Champlain reaching down between Shelburne Point and Red Rocks. The Adirondacks sit across the open lake to the west, the Green Mountains rise behind to the east. Sailboats from the Burlington fleet anchor here in summer; in winter the bay holds the kind of still grey water that flattens out before snow comes off the mountains. — from the studio
Shelburne Bay, 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.
Shelburne Bay is a sheltered embayment on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont, about seven miles south of downtown Burlington. The bay is bounded by Shelburne Point on the west and the bluffs of Red Rocks Park on the north, with the LaPlatte River entering at its southern end. Lake Champlain itself runs 120 miles north to south between the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks; the bay is one of the calmer working anchorages on the Vermont side, used by both the Shelburne Shipyard and recreational sailors.
Lake Champlain holds about 6.8 trillion gallons of freshwater and reaches its deepest point, roughly 400 feet, in the broad lake west of Shelburne Point. Shelburne Bay itself runs shallower, with a soft sediment bottom that the LaPlatte River feeds at its south end. The water freezes most winters along the shoreline though the broad lake stays open longer. In summer the bay holds a steady offshore breeze most afternoons, which is why the Burlington and Shelburne sailing fleets keep moorings here.
Shelburne Bay Park sits on the eastern shore with a public boat launch, a gravel walking path along the LaPlatte estuary, and benches looking west toward the Adirondacks. The park is open daylight hours with no fee. Shelburne Point Road runs out along the western edge of the bay past private camps. The town of Shelburne is two miles inland on Route 7, with Shelburne Farms and Shelburne Museum both within a few minutes' drive. Burlington's waterfront is fifteen minutes north along the lake.