shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileBrazil

on the São Paulo coast, an hour from the city

Santos

— — the longest beach garden in the world.

— 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

— 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

“On the São Paulo coast, an hour south of the capital by car down the Serra do Mar. Santos is Brazil's oldest functioning port, founded in 1546, and the place where most of the country's coffee has left the continent for four hundred years. The beachfront runs nearly seven kilometres, a continuous garden between the sand and the avenue. Pelé came up through Santos FC here.

from the studio

— bring it home

Santos, 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 Santos

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

Santos lies on the Atlantic coast of São Paulo State, about 70 kilometres south-east of the city of São Paulo, reached via the Anchieta-Imigrantes road system across the Serra do Mar escarpment. The municipality covers 281 square kilometres on the island of São Vicente and the adjacent mainland, with a population of roughly 433,000. Founded in 1546 by Brás Cubas, it is the oldest port still in operation in the Americas, and currently handles more than a third of Brazil's container traffic according to the port authority.

— informed by Wikipedia, Porto de Santos

— the water

The port channel runs between São Vicente island and the mainland, opening onto the Atlantic at the Barra. The beachfront is divided into seven named bays — Gonzaga, Boqueirão, Embaré, Aparecida, Pompéia, José Menino, and Ponta da Praia — running roughly seven kilometres in a long uninterrupted curve. The orla holds the Guinness record for the longest beachfront garden in the world, first laid in 1935 and extended through the 1970s. Cargo ships hold offshore, waiting their turn at the channel.

— informed by Guinness World Records

— the year

Santos's calendar runs on two civic rhythms — the port and the football club. Santos FC was founded in 1912 and shaped by Pelé from 1956 to 1974; his statue stands at the Vila Belmiro stadium and his preserved boyhood team-room sits inside the Pelé Museum on Rua XV de Novembro, which opened in 2014. The historic Coffee Exchange, where Brazilian futures were traded from 1922 until the trade migrated to São Paulo, opens daily as a museum with the original auctioneer's chamber intact.

— informed by Wikipedia (Santos FC)

— where

Brazil · Santos, São Paulo

— elevation

2 m · 7 ft

— position

-23.9608° S · 46.3331° W

— 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.

5 km W

São Vicente

sister city

10 km NE

Guarujá

beach municipality

70 km NW

São Paulo

state capital

15 km N

Cubatão

industrial city

Santos

São Vicente

Guarujá

São Paulo

Cubatão

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Santos — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

Santos was founded in 1546 by Brás Cubas and is the oldest port still in operation in the Americas. It handles roughly a third of Brazil's container traffic today.

For three reasons — it is Latin America's busiest port, it is the city where Pelé played for Santos FC from 1956 to 1974, and it holds the world record for the longest beachfront garden.

Roughly seven kilometres along the curve of the southern shore. The continuous garden was first laid in 1935 and recognised by Guinness World Records as the longest beach garden in the world.

By road via the Anchieta-Imigrantes system across the Serra do Mar, about 70 kilometres and an hour without traffic. There is no passenger rail; intercity coaches run frequently from Jabaquara terminal.

The Bolsa Oficial de Café, opened in 1922 on Rua XV de Novembro, where Brazilian coffee futures were traded until the trade moved to São Paulo. It now operates as a museum with the original chamber preserved.

From 1956 to 1974, the seasons in which he won three World Cups with Brazil. Vila Belmiro stadium remains in use, and the Pelé Museum on Rua XV de Novembro opened in 2014.

— about the piece in your home

Santos shapes its residents around the port, the beach garden, and the football club. The piece reads as a quiet salute to all three. A Small or Medium with a studio note carries the gesture.

The blues, sand-greens, and lit silhouettes pair with Coastal-modern, Brazilian-modern, and warm Mediterranean rooms. The Voynich palette holds against pale plaster, rattan, and dark tropical wood.

Yes. The piece sits with the sand-and-water palette currently shaping Coastal-modern work, while the stained-glass treatment gives it the depth that flat coastal prints lack.

A single Large reads from across the room above most sofas. A 4-tile Mural fills wider walls, and a 9-tile Mural carries above a long console or sideboard.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist water, steam, and light scratching, so the tile holds in a backsplash, a shower wall, or a humid powder room.

A soft microfibre cloth and plain water. Avoid abrasive pads and household solvents. The colour is held beneath the surface, so the tile does not fade with normal cleaning.

Yes. Reid Wender paints every Santos piece in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink language. No licensing, no third-party catalogue. Each tile is hand-finished in Knoxville.

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