Wender·Vista
Cox's Bazar
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileBangladesh
on the Bay of Bengal, in southeast Bangladesh

Cox's Bazar

— — a beach that keeps going past the last hotel.

— 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

“The strip of sand runs unbroken for about 120 kilometres, the longest natural sea beach in the world. Fishing boats with painted prows pull in at dawn. The town sits behind the dunes, and the road south thins out into Inani and Teknaf until the Naf River meets the Myanmar border. The water is warm. Nobody is in a hurry. from the studio

from the studio
Cox's Bazar
— bring it home

Cox's Bazar, 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 Cox's Bazar

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

Cox's Bazar sits on the southeast coast of Bangladesh, facing the Bay of Bengal in Chittagong Division. The town is named for Captain Hiram Cox, an East India Company officer who established a market there in 1798. The municipal population is around 250,000, and the district holds nearly 2.8 million people. The continuous sandy shoreline running south through Laboni, Sugandha, Himchari, and Inani to Teknaf measures roughly 120 kilometres, widely cited as the world's longest natural sea beach.

— the water

The Bay of Bengal here is shallow and warm year-round, with surface temperatures running 26 to 30 degrees Celsius. The tidal range is modest — roughly two metres — and the slope of the sand is gentle, which gives the beach its very long surf zone. South of the main town, the shore turns rockier near Inani, where reef outcrops sit just offshore. Local fishing fleets, painted in bright primaries, work the inshore waters from before dawn and beach their boats on the sand at the end of each tide.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the season

The dry season runs from November through March, with daytime highs in the high twenties Celsius and low humidity by Bangladesh standards. Monsoon arrives in late May and runs through September, bringing heavy rain and rough water that closes most beach activity. April and October are warm transitional months. The peak domestic visitor window is December and January, when the town hosts the bulk of its 1.5 million annual arrivals. Marine Drive, the coastal road running south to Teknaf, was opened in stages through 2017.

— informed by Wikipedia
— where
Bangladesh · Cox's Bazar District, Chittagong Division
— elevation
3 m · 10 ft
— position
21.4272° N · 92.0058° 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.
12 km S
Himchari National Park
coastal forest park
32 km S
Inani Beach
rocky beach section
110 km S
Saint Martin's Island
coral island
85 km S
Teknaf
border town on the Naf River
N
Cox's Bazar
Himchari National Park
Inani Beach
Saint Martin's Island
Teknaf
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Cox's Bazar — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Cox's Bazar is a coastal town and district in southeast Bangladesh, in Chittagong Division, facing the Bay of Bengal. It lies about 150 kilometres south of Chittagong city and 400 kilometres southeast of Dhaka.

The continuous sandy shoreline from the town south through Inani to Teknaf measures roughly 120 kilometres, widely cited as the longest unbroken natural sea beach on the planet. It is shallow, gently sloped, and uninterrupted by river mouths.

The town is named for Captain Hiram Cox, a British East India Company officer who established a market and refugee settlement there in 1798. The name has remained through the colonial, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi periods.

November through March is the dry season, with mild highs in the high twenties Celsius and low humidity. The monsoon from late May through September brings heavy rain and rough seas, with most beach activity closed.

Marine Drive runs south through Himchari National Park, the rocky stretch at Inani, and the fishing town of Teknaf on the Naf River. Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh's only coral island, lies further south by boat.

Cox's Bazar receives around 1.5 million domestic visitors a year, concentrated in December and January. The main Laboni beachfront is the busiest stretch; sections south of Himchari are markedly quieter.

— about the piece in your home

Cox's Bazar carries strong national feeling for Bangladeshi families — many have honeymoon or first-trip memories there. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio reads warmly without veering into souvenir.

The warm sand, sea-glass blue, and painted-boat colour pair with Coastal Modern, Warm Minimalist, and South Asian Contemporary palettes. It also sits well in rooms anchored by teak, rattan, or unbleached cotton.

Yes. Coastal Modern and Quiet Luxury palettes have stayed strong through 2026, and this piece's softer warm-water tones avoid the Atlantic-blue cliché while staying inside the family.

A single Large works well above a console or a smaller sofa. For a longer sofa or feature wall, the 4-tile Mural opens the shoreline horizontally, and the 9-tile Mural lets the beach run nearly room-scale.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and rated for vertical wet-area installation — backsplashes, shower walls, powder rooms. The Glossy finish is reserved for dry display.

A soft microfibre cloth with water is enough for daily care. For kitchen splashes, a drop of mild dish soap on a damp cloth works. Avoid abrasive pads and acidic cleaners; the colour lives in the surface.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our studio, painted in our stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. We do not license artwork from third parties.

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