shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileCanada

above downtown Toronto, on the Lake Ontario shore

CN Tower

Name: CN Tower — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— the needle the skyline grew around.

— 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

“The tower goes up faster than the eye expects, then keeps going. From the ferry docks you watch the lake hold its reflection on a clear morning, the white shaft catching first light before the bank towers behind it have woken up. Locals stop noticing it the way coastal towns stop noticing the sea, until a visitor tips a head back on Front Street and the whole city remembers what it lives under. from the studio

from the studio

— bring it home

CN Tower, 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 CN Tower

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

The CN Tower stands 553.3 metres above downtown Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, a concrete communications and observation tower completed by Canadian National Railway in 1976. It held the record as the world's tallest free-standing structure for 32 years, until the Burj Khalifa surpassed it in 2007. The main observation deck sits at 346 metres, with a glass floor at 342 and the higher Sky Pod at 447. The tower anchors the Railway Lands precinct beside Rogers Centre and the Rogers Stadium rail corridor that gave it its name.

— informed by Wikipedia: CN Tower

— the light

After dusk the shaft becomes a slow-changing light fixture. The exterior LED system, installed in 2007, runs programmed colour washes across 1,330 fixtures on the tower body and the antenna mast, visible from the Toronto Islands and out across the lake to the Niagara shore on clear evenings. Programs mark national holidays, civic causes, and sports finals. Photographers favour the half hour after sunset, when the western sky still holds blue and the tower lights already read against it from Polson Pier and Trillium Park.

— informed by CN Tower — lighting

— the visit

The LookOut Level is reached by glass-fronted lifts that climb the 346 metres in under a minute. EdgeWalk, opened in 2011, lets harnessed visitors walk the outside of the main pod's roof at 356 metres on a 1.5-metre ledge. The 360 Restaurant turns one full rotation every 72 minutes. The tower opens daily through the year with seasonal hours; the clearest views run from late September into October, after summer haze and before lake-effect cloud settles in.

— informed by CN Tower visitor info

— where

Canada · Toronto, Ontario

— position

43.6426° N · 79.3871° 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.

at the lake

Rogers Centre

stadium

2 km S

Toronto Islands

island park

2 km E

Distillery District

historic district

CN Tower

Rogers Centre

Toronto Islands

Distillery District

— common questions

What people ask.

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

— about the place

The CN Tower rises 553.3 metres from base to antenna tip in downtown Toronto. It was the world's tallest free-standing structure from its 1976 completion until 2007, when the Burj Khalifa overtook it.

Construction ran from 1973 to 1976, led by Canadian National Railway as a communications tower for the Toronto region. It opened to the public on 26 June 1976 and has stayed in continuous use since.

EdgeWalk is a harnessed exterior walk around the main pod's roof at 356 metres, on a 1.5-metre ledge with no handrail. It opened in 2011 and runs in groups, weather permitting, from spring into autumn.

The glass floor sits at 342 metres on the main LookOut Level. The panels are engineered to hold roughly 35 tonnes; visitors stand directly above the plaza and look straight down the shaft.

The name comes from Canadian National Railway, which built it on the Railway Lands corridor to lift Toronto's broadcast antennas above the post-war skyline. CN later divested; the tower is now owned by Canada Lands Company.

Late September into mid-October usually gives the cleanest views, after summer haze clears and before lake-effect cloud thickens. Booking the half hour after sunset rewards photographers with city lights and a still-blue sky.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The tower is the line Torontonians draw the skyline against, and a tile is the kind of marker that lands with someone who left the city or kept it. A Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note travels well.

Urban-modern interiors, Mid-Century lofts, and clean Industrial palettes carry it best. The blue and copper notes in the artwork sit comfortably against grey concrete, warm walnut, and unfinished brick.

Yes. Tower studies have moved back into condo and loft styling as cities reclaim their vertical identity. The Medium reads as a single statement; a 4-tile Mural turns the tower into a stairwell or hallway anchor.

Above a console, a single Large carries the room. Above a sofa, step up to a 4-tile Mural for proportion, or a 9-tile Mural for a full feature wall in lofts and open-plan rooms.

Yes. Order it in the Dura Satin or Matte finish for steam-prone rooms and splash-zone walls. The colour lives in the ceramic surface and stays true under daily humidity and cleaning.

A soft microfibre cloth and water is enough. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and rests beneath a thin glossy finish, so no polish or solvent is needed.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is original to the studio under the curation of Reid Wender. We do not licence the artwork to other makers and we do not reproduce other artists' work.

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