Narragansett Town Beach
— the long flat hush of an Atlantic afternoon.
Not only on a wall.
Narragansett Town Beach, 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.
Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.
Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.
“A mile of pale sand on Rhode Island's south shore, with the stone arch of the Towers standing watch at one end. The waves come in steady and shoulder-high. Surfers wait off the south jetty. By late August the water is warm enough to forget about, and the light through the salt haze goes the colour of an old photograph. — from the studio
The place, in three passes.
Narragansett Town Beach is a roughly nineteen-acre municipal beach on the western shore of Narragansett Bay's outer reach, in the town of Narragansett, Rhode Island. It sits directly below the Towers, the surviving stone arcade of the 1886 Stanford White casino, and faces open Atlantic surf rather than sheltered bay water. The beach is owned and operated by the town, with paid daily admission in summer and walk-on access in the off-season. Route 1A runs the length of the seawall above it.
The beach faces the open Atlantic and breaks consistently enough that Narragansett has been called the surf capital of New England. Summer water temperatures climb into the low seventies Fahrenheit by August. The south end, near the jetty at the mouth of the Narrow River, holds the most reliable swell and the largest concentration of surfers. Strong rip currents form along the bar after storms, and the town posts lifeguards along the main stretch from late June through Labor Day.
The town beach charges a daily walk-on fee in season, roughly twelve dollars per adult on weekdays and higher on weekends; parking is separate and fills early. The pavilion holds changing rooms, showers, and a snack bar. Off-season access is free and the seawall walk along Ocean Road stays open year-round. The stone Towers, just above the north end, are the most-photographed landmark in town and frame the beach from nearly every angle.
