Wender·Vista
Ghaziabad
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndia
east of Delhi, across the Hindon

Ghaziabad

— — the gateway no postcard names.

— 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

“A city pressed against Delhi's eastern edge, divided by the Hindon River and folded into the National Capital Region. Founded in 1740 by a Mughal vizier whose name it still carries. Trains stop here on the way to Lucknow and Kolkata; freight wagons line the yards past midnight. People who live here call it home. People who pass through call it the gateway to Uttar Pradesh. — from the studio

from the studio
Ghaziabad
— bring it home

Ghaziabad, 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 Ghaziabad

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

Ghaziabad sits in western Uttar Pradesh, immediately east of Delhi, divided north to south by the Hindon River. The city was founded in 1740 by Ghazi-ud-din, a vizier in the late Mughal court, and took his name. Today it anchors the eastern arm of the National Capital Region, with a population near 1.6 million, and serves as the seat of Ghaziabad district. Mohan Nagar, on its western edge, holds an excavated mound dated to the painted-grey-ware period.

— informed by Wikipedia — Ghaziabad
— the visit

The Delhi Metro Red Line terminates at Shaheed Sthal in the city, putting central Delhi within a forty-minute ride. National Highway 9 carries road traffic from Delhi toward Lucknow; the Ghaziabad railway junction is one of the busiest on the Northern Railway, with most Delhi-Kolkata and Delhi-Howrah trains stopping here. Drivers from Connaught Place reach the older Ghantaghar market in roughly an hour outside peak congestion.

— the year

Dussehra is the city's largest public festival, with Ramlila grounds in Kavi Nagar and Ghantaghar staging ten nights of performance before the burning of Ravana effigies in late September or October. The ISKCON temple at Indirapuram draws large crowds for Janmashtami in August. Republic Day parades along GT Road and the cantonment grounds at Hindon are a fixture of the cooler season, when daytime highs finally drop below thirty.

— informed by Wikipedia — Dussehra
— where
India · Ghaziabad District, Uttar Pradesh
— elevation
214 m · 702 ft
— position
28.6692° N · 77.4538° 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.
25 km W
Delhi
capital
18 km SW
Noida
city
60 km NE
Meerut
city
N
Ghaziabad
Delhi
Noida
Meerut
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Ghaziabad lies in western Uttar Pradesh, immediately east of Delhi across the Hindon River. It is part of the National Capital Region and the seat of Ghaziabad district, about 25 kilometres from central Delhi.

The city was founded in 1740 by Ghazi-ud-din, a vizier in the late Mughal court, and originally called Ghaziuddinnagar. The name was shortened to Ghaziabad after the railway arrived in the 1860s.

The Hindon, a tributary of the Yamuna, runs north to south through the city. It divides the older trans-Hindon settlements from the central districts and feeds the Hindon Air Force Station to the west.

The Delhi Metro Red Line terminates at Shaheed Sthal in the city. By road, National Highway 9 connects to central Delhi in roughly an hour outside peak hours, and the railway junction handles most Delhi-Kolkata trains.

It is one of India's most densely populated industrial cities and a major junction on the Northern Railway. It anchors the eastern arm of the National Capital Region and is often called the Gateway of Uttar Pradesh.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well to anyone who grew up in the city or commutes from it into Delhi. The Medium with a handwritten note from the studio is the size most of our gift buyers send for a desk or hallway.

The piece sits comfortably in Indian Contemporary, Warm Modern, and Heritage interiors. The palette pulls toward terracotta and ink-blue, which reads well against off-white walls or rough plaster.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large or a 4-tile Mural holds the wall. Above a console table, the Medium is usually right. The 9-tile Mural is reserved for stair walls and double-height rooms.

Yes, in either the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and stand up to steam and splash. The Glossy finish is best kept to dry display rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth and plain water. No abrasives, no ammonia, no citrus cleaners. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, so daily wiping does not fade it.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio and never licensed out. Reid Wender curates each place into the atlas, and the studio hand-finishes every tile in Knoxville.

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