Wender·Vista
Hong Kong
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tilePeople's Republic of China
on the south coast of China, where the Pearl River meets the sea

Hong Kong

— — the harbour that lights itself before the sun is gone.

— 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

“Victoria Harbour from the Kowloon side, the towers of Central rising the way they have since the eighties and the green of the Peak holding the back of the frame. Seven and a half million people inside eleven hundred square kilometres, three quarters of it still country park. At eight every night the buildings on both shores fire their lights at the water for thirteen minutes.

from the studio
Hong Kong
— bring it home

Hong Kong, 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 Hong Kong

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

Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China on the south coast, where the Pearl River meets the South China Sea. Roughly 7.5 million residents live on Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories, and 263 outlying islands, across 1,114 square kilometres. Britain held it from the 1842 Treaty of Nanking until the handover at midnight on 1 July 1997. Three quarters of the land is undeveloped country park.

— the light

The Symphony of Lights has run nightly at 8 p.m. since 2004, syncing the LEDs and lasers of more than forty towers on both sides of Victoria Harbour into a thirteen-minute show. Guinness recognised it in 2005 as the largest permanent light and sound show in the world. Tsim Sha Tsui's Avenue of Stars on the Kowloon promenade is the standard viewpoint. The harbour is at its clearest in November and December, when the south-east monsoon eases.

— the air

Victoria Peak rises 552 metres above the western end of Hong Kong Island, the high seat of the city skyline. The Peak Tram has climbed the slope since 1888 and remains the standard way up. The summit holds the city's clearest view of the harbour, the Kowloon ridge, and the islands beyond, and stays a few degrees cooler than the streets below. Around 2.5 million people make the trip each year, most of them at dusk.

— where
People's Republic of China · Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
— position
22.3193° N · 114.1694° 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.
4 km W
Victoria Peak
summit
2 km N
Tsim Sha Tsui
neighbourhood
25 km W
Lantau Island
island
N
Hong Kong
Victoria Peak
Tsim Sha Tsui
Lantau Island
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China on the country's south coast, at the eastern mouth of the Pearl River where it meets the South China Sea.

The region covers 1,114 square kilometres across Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories, and 263 outlying islands. Roughly 7.5 million people live there, and three quarters of the land remains country park.

A nightly 8 p.m. light and sound show, running since 2004, that syncs the LEDs and lasers of more than forty Victoria Harbour towers into a thirteen-minute display. Guinness named it the world's largest permanent light show in 2005.

Victoria Peak rises 552 metres above the western end of Hong Kong Island. It is the highest point of the island and the standard viewpoint over Victoria Harbour and the Kowloon skyline.

Britain transferred sovereignty to the People's Republic of China at midnight on 1 July 1997, ending 156 years of British rule that began with the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. The region operates under the One Country, Two Systems framework.

November and December bring the clearest weather, when the south-east monsoon eases and humidity drops. Daytime temperatures sit in the high teens to mid twenties Celsius, and the harbour view is at its sharpest.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The harbour skyline at night is the shape the city carries with it. For Hong Kongers living abroad it reads as home. A Medium with a handwritten note from the studio sits well in a small flat.

It carries in jewel-tone Maximalist rooms, in industrial-modern flats with concrete and steel, and in modern Cantonese interiors with dark wood and brass. The night blues hold against both pale and saturated walls.

Yes. Saturated night-skyline studies are in current rotation in Wallpaper and Dwell, where the modern-Asia moment favours architectural light over generic cityscape. The piece reads as art rather than postcard.

A single Large carries an 84-inch sofa cleanly. For a wider wall above a console, a 4-tile Mural reads as a single panorama. A 9-tile Mural anchors a full dining-room or landing wall.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for bathrooms, kitchens, and showers. Both are scratch-resistant and stand up to steam. The Glossy finish is for framed wall art in dry rooms.

A dry microfibre cloth for dust, a damp one for anything more. No solvents and no abrasive pads. The colour lives in the surface, so cleaning will not affect it.

Yes. Reid Wender paints every vista in our atlas. We do not license other artists' work and we do not reproduce stock images. Each piece is original to the studio.

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