Wender·Vista
Seine
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileFrance
the river that draws Paris

Seine

— — the colour the city gives the water.

— 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 river runs 777 kilometres from a spring in Burgundy to the English Channel at Le Havre, drawing its longest curve through the centre of Paris. The banks between the Pont de Sully and the Pont d'Iéna have been inscribed on the UNESCO list since 1991. Bateaux pass beneath thirty-seven bridges in the city, the oldest the Pont Neuf, finished in 1607.

from the studio
Seine
— bring it home

Seine, 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 Seine

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 Seine rises at Source-Seine in the Côte-d'Or, at about 446 metres above sea level, and runs 777 kilometres north and west to the Channel at Le Havre. It drains a basin of roughly 79,000 square kilometres, including Paris and most of the Île-de-France. Within Paris the river curves eleven kilometres past the Île de la Cité, the Île Saint-Louis, and the major monuments along both quais. The banks from the Pont de Sully to the Pont d'Iéna were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991.

— the water

The Seine is a calm river by metropolitan standards, with a slow current and a central-Paris depth of around five to eight metres. Three modern floods have shaped its story — the 1910 crue, which submerged much of the Right Bank for weeks; smaller events in 2016 and 2018; and the cleanup that culminated in the 2024 Paris Olympics, when swimming in the river returned for the first time in over a hundred years. The water still runs the same pale grey-green under cloud.

— the light

The river answers the city's light differently each hour. At dawn from the Pont des Arts the water reads almost slate, the Louvre still in shadow. By late morning the limestone of the central monuments lifts the surface to a warmer key. The hour after sunset is the longest — the so-called blue hour over the Île de la Cité, when the bridges glow and the water holds the sky's last light long after the streets have lost it. Photographers gather on the Pont Alexandre III.

— where
France · Paris, Île-de-France
— elevation
35 m · 115 ft
— position
48.8566° N · 2.3522° 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.
0.5 km N
Île de la Cité
river island
0.6 km N
Pont Neuf
stone bridge
0.7 km N
Notre-Dame de Paris
Gothic cathedral
3 km W
Pont Alexandre III
Beaux-Arts bridge
N
Seine
Île de la Cité
Pont Neuf
Notre-Dame de Paris
Pont Alexandre III
— common questions

What people ask.

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

About 777 kilometres, from its source at Source-Seine in Burgundy to its mouth at Le Havre on the English Channel. Roughly eleven kilometres of that length runs through central Paris past the Île de la Cité.

Thirty-seven. The Pont Neuf, completed in 1607 under Henri IV, is the oldest still standing. The Pont Alexandre III, built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle, is the most ornate.

1991. The inscribed stretch runs from the Pont de Sully to the Pont d'Iéna and includes the Louvre, the Conciergerie, Notre-Dame, the Hôtel des Invalides, and the Eiffel Tower.

Swimming was banned in 1923 and reinstated after a major cleanup in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Three public swimming sites opened in central Paris in summer 2025 with controlled access during dry weather.

At Source-Seine in the Côte-d'Or département of Burgundy, about thirty kilometres northwest of Dijon. The spring sits at roughly 446 metres above sea level and is marked by a nymph statue placed there by the City of Paris in 1865.

Yes. The crue of January 1910 set the modern reference, with water reaching 8.62 metres on the Pont d'Austerlitz gauge. The Zouave statue on the Pont de l'Alma is the popular flood marker.

— about the piece in your home

The Seine is the line that orders the whole city. A Small or Medium often resonates more than a piece of any single monument. A handwritten note from the studio explaining the view carries well.

Classic Parisian, Old World, and warm-Modern rooms — bouclé, brass lamps, oak floors, soft greys and creams. The Voynich palette reads as evening light, not poster art, and holds against neutral walls.

A single Large above a console. A Mural — four-tile or nine-tile — above a full sofa. The Seine reads particularly well as a horizontal Triptych spanning a long wall.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both handle steam and are scratch-resistant. The Glossy finish is reserved for dry-room framed presentation. The colour lives in the surface.

A soft microfibre cloth and water. Avoid abrasive pads or ammonia-based cleaners. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface beneath a thin clear finish, so day-to-day care is simple.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original work by Reid Wender, the curator of the atlas. Nothing is licensed from a stock library. One studio, one eye, one atlas.

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