Wender·Vista
Newfoundland
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileCanada
the island in the North Atlantic, off Canada's east coast

Newfoundland

— — the first light to touch the continent.

— 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

“Newfoundland is the rock that meets the Atlantic before any other piece of North America. The capital, St. John's, climbs in painted rowhouses above a narrow harbour. Out beyond the city the outports thin to a single road, and the fog comes in by mid-afternoon most summer days. Cod still defines the calendar even decades after the moratorium. The accent carries as its own dialect of English.

from the studio
Newfoundland
— bring it home

Newfoundland, 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 Newfoundland

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

Newfoundland is the island portion of Canada's province of Newfoundland and Labrador, on the country's Atlantic coast. The island covers about 108,860 square kilometres, larger than Iceland. Its capital, St. John's, sits on the east shore and is the easternmost city in North America. The province joined Canadian confederation on March 31, 1949, the last province to do so. Gros Morne National Park, on the west coast, was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 for the exposed mantle rock at the Tablelands and its long record of plate tectonics.

— the water

The Atlantic shapes the island's calendar. The Labrador Current runs south along the east coast, holding water temperatures near zero into July and feeding the cold-water cod fishery the outports were built around. The 1992 cod moratorium ended four hundred years of inshore fishing and reshaped most coastal communities. Icebergs drift down Iceberg Alley each spring, peaking in late May and June, and humpbacks follow the capelin run into the bays. Witless Bay, south of St. John's, holds the largest Atlantic puffin colony in North America.

— the air

Fog is a working condition on the Avalon Peninsula, common from late May through August when warm air meets the cold Labrador Current. St. John's averages around 124 foggy days a year, more than any other Canadian city. The fog comes in fast off the harbour mouth and lifts on the wind. Inland and on the west coast, weather changes by the hour. Travellers learn to keep a layer in the bag through July, and to ask locals about the road before driving the Northern Peninsula in shoulder season.

— where
Canada · Newfoundland and Labrador
— position
48.9500° N · 55.8500° 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
St. John's
provincial capital and harbour city
at the lake
Gros Morne National Park
UNESCO mantle-rock park
at the lake
Cape Spear
easternmost point of North America
at the lake
L'Anse aux Meadows
11th-century Norse site, UNESCO
N
Newfoundland
St. John's
Gros Morne National Park
Cape Spear
L'Anse aux Meadows
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Newfoundland is the island portion of Canada's easternmost province, Newfoundland and Labrador. It sits in the North Atlantic, separated from mainland Canada by the Strait of Belle Isle and Cabot Strait.

St. John's is the capital and largest city. It sits on the island's east coast on a sheltered harbour and is the easternmost city in North America. Its population is around 110,000.

Newfoundland joined the Canadian confederation on March 31, 1949, the last province to do so. Before that it was a separate British dominion. The decision was made by a narrow referendum margin.

Gros Morne sits on the west coast and holds the Tablelands, a stretch of exposed Earth's mantle rock from a 500-million-year-old continental collision. The park was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

L'Anse aux Meadows, on the Northern Peninsula, holds the remains of an eleventh-century Norse settlement, the only confirmed Viking site in North America. It was named a UNESCO site in 1978 and predates Columbus by about 500 years.

Icebergs drift south through Iceberg Alley from late April into early July, peaking in late May and early June. The bergs calve from Greenland glaciers and ride the Labrador Current down the east coast.

The screech-in is an informal Newfoundland ceremony for visitors, involving a shot of Screech rum, a piece of bologna, and a kiss on the cod. Pubs in St. John's and around the outports run it.

— about the piece in your home

Newfoundlanders carry the rock with them. Customers who grew up in St. John's, Corner Brook, or the outports have chosen the Small or Medium with a handwritten note, often shipping to family on the mainland.

The Atlantic blues, painted-rowhouse colour, and grey rock sit well with Coastal-modern, Maritime, and Jewel-tone Maximalist interiors. The piece reads well above a console or in a kitchen pass-through.

Yes. North-Atlantic coastal art has held steady alongside the broader Coastal-modern trend. A Newfoundland piece reads as a quieter alternative to the Maine and Cape Cod imagery that dominates the category.

The Large suits most sofas and consoles. For a wider wall a 4-tile Mural reads as one image with subtle grout lines. The 9-tile Mural anchors entry walls and dining rooms.

Yes. Use the Dura Satin or Matte finish for vertical wet areas and backsplashes. The Glossy finish belongs on a framed wall, away from direct splash.

A soft microfibre cloth with clean water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it stays in the surface through normal household cleaning.

Yes. Reid Wender paints every WenderVista piece in the studio's own visual language. The work is hand-finished in Knoxville. There is no licensing or outside reproduction.

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