Port Aransas jetty
— the granite line the gulf can't quite take back.
Not only on a wall.
Port Aransas jetty, 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.
“The South Jetty at Port Aransas runs out from the tip of Mustang Island in a long, low spine of granite, holding one side of the cut where the Gulf meets Aransas Bay. Pelicans line the rocks. Shrimp boats slide past close enough to wave to. By late afternoon the granite warms and the wind eases, and the anglers who have been there since first light stop watching their rods for a minute.
The place, in three passes.
Port Aransas sits at the northern tip of Mustang Island, on the Texas coast about 30 miles east of Corpus Christi. The South Jetty extends roughly 1.5 miles into the Gulf of Mexico from the island, paired with a matching North Jetty off San José Island; together they hold open Aransas Pass, the channel connecting Corpus Christi Bay and Aransas Bay to the Gulf. The original jetty work was completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the early 20th century to stabilise the cut for shipping.
The wind at the jetty almost always comes off the Gulf, southeast in summer, north when a front pushes through in winter. Brown pelicans glide the lift along the rocks, and laughing gulls work the bait the anglers cut. Port Aransas is a recognised stop on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail, and the jetty itself is one of the better spots in the state for sighting roseate spoonbills and the occasional masked booby blown in by a storm.
The South Jetty is reached from Mustang Island State Park or from the end of Beach Access Road 1A, with parking and a paved walk leading to the rocks. The granite blocks are uneven and slick when wet, so flat-soled shoes matter. Vehicle ferries from Aransas Pass on the mainland to Port Aransas run free, 24 hours a day, operated by TxDOT, with crossings every few minutes most of the day. Sunrise and the last hour before dark are when the light is best on the channel.
