Wender·Vista
Flinders Island
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileAustralia
in Bass Strait, off the northeast tip of Tasmania

Flinders Island

— — a quiet island the wind keeps returning to.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“Flinders is the largest of the Furneaux Group, set in the channel between Tasmania and the mainland. Granite peaks rise out of pale beach and tea-coloured creeks. Mutton birds come ashore in their hundreds of thousands each spring. The wind off Bass Strait carries the salt half a mile inland and leaves everything tasting of it.

from the studio
Flinders Island
— bring it home

Flinders Island, 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.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

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.

— about Flinders Island

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Flinders Island lies in Bass Strait between Tasmania and the Victorian mainland, the largest of the Furneaux Group at about 1,367 square kilometres. The island was named for Matthew Flinders, who charted the strait in 1798 aboard the Norfolk. Whitemark, on the west coast, is the main settlement and the seat of Flinders Council. The island is reached by passenger ferry from Bridport or by daily flight from Launceston. Population sits around 900 residents, mainly graziers, fishers, and a small tourism trade serving walkers and divers.

— the stone

Mount Strzelecki rises 756 metres above the southwest coast, the highest point of the island, named for the Polish explorer Pawel Strzelecki who climbed it in 1842. Its weathered granite tors are the same Devonian intrusion that surfaces across the Furneaux chain. Strzelecki National Park protects the summit and the coastline below it, including the orange-lichen boulders of Trousers Point and the white quartz sand of Fotheringate Beach. The walk to the summit takes about five hours return and crosses heathland, gum forest, and exposed granite slabs.

— the silence

Flinders holds about 900 residents on an island larger than Singapore. Outside Whitemark and Lady Barron there are stretches of road where a passing vehicle is an event. Killiecrankie Bay on the north coast is known for its topaz, locally called Killiecrankie diamonds, sieved from the creek gravel at low tide. Wybalenna on the west coast holds the chapel and graves of the Aboriginal people forcibly resettled here between 1833 and 1847, a site held with care by the Tasmanian Aboriginal community and the state government.

— informed by Wikipedia: Wybalenna
— where
Australia · Flinders Council, Tasmania
— within
Strzelecki National Park
— position
-40.0000° S · 148.0000° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
at the lake
Whitemark
town
15 km S
Mount Strzelecki
mountain
35 km N
Killiecrankie Bay
bay
20 km W
Wybalenna
historic site
25 km SE
Lady Barron
port village
N
Flinders Island
Whitemark
Mount Strzelecki
Killiecrankie Bay
Wybalenna
Lady Barron
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Flinders Island — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

In Bass Strait off the northeast tip of Tasmania, the largest of the Furneaux Group at about 1,367 square kilometres. The main town is Whitemark on the west coast.

By daily flight from Launceston, about thirty minutes, into Flinders Island Airport at Whitemark. A passenger and freight ferry runs from Bridport in northeast Tasmania less frequently.

The highest point on Flinders Island at 756 metres, in Strzelecki National Park. The summit walk takes about five hours return and crosses heathland, eucalypt forest, and exposed granite slabs.

Pale topaz crystals sieved from the creek gravels at Killiecrankie Bay on the north coast. They are colourless to pale blue, locally cut and set, and considered topaz rather than true diamond.

Matthew Flinders, the British navigator who charted Bass Strait in 1798 aboard the Norfolk. He later circumnavigated and named Australia. The Furneaux Group itself was named earlier by Tobias Furneaux in 1773.

A historic site on the west coast where surviving Tasmanian Aboriginal people were forcibly resettled between 1833 and 1847. The chapel and cemetery remain, held under joint Aboriginal community and state government care.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. Flinders holds a strong place in the imagination of Tasmanian families and second-generation islanders abroad. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio travels well.

Coastal-modern, Mountain-modern, and Heritage rooms suit the granite and ocean palette. The orange-lichen tones also sit well against warm timber in a more Mid-century interior.

The shift toward grounded coastal rather than nautical-themed décor has held since around 2022. Flinders reads as landscape, not seaside cliché, which suits the current biophilic direction.

A single Large carries a standard sofa. For a longer wall, a four-tile Mural reads cleanly, and a nine-tile Mural fills a console-to-ceiling stretch.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both are scratch-resistant and humidity-stable. The Glossy finish belongs on framed wall art away from direct splash.

Microfibre cloth and water. No abrasive pads, no ammonia-based cleaners. The colour lives in the surface beneath a thin glossy finish, so wiping does not lift the image.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is painted in-house by Reid Wender in our stained-glass visual language. No licensing, no stock. Hand-finished from a single studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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