Wender·Vista
Mount Agung
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndonesia
in eastern Bali, above the temple at Besakih

Mount Agung

— — the mountain the island orients toward.

— 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 highest peak on Bali, and the one the island orients itself around. Mount Agung holds the eastern sky at 3,031 metres, an active stratovolcano whose 1963 eruption shaped a generation of memory on the island. Pura Besakih sits on its lower slopes, the mother temple of Balinese Hinduism. Climbers leave the temple gates before midnight to reach the rim by sunrise. — from the studio

from the studio
Mount Agung
— bring it home

Mount Agung, 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 Mount Agung

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

Mount Agung is an active stratovolcano in Karangasem Regency on the eastern side of Bali, Indonesia. Its summit reaches 3,031 metres above sea level, the highest point on the island and the dominant feature of the Balinese skyline from almost any vantage. The mountain is held to be sacred in Balinese Hinduism, the spiritual axis of the island, and Pura Besakih, the mother temple of Bali, sits on its southwestern slopes at roughly a thousand metres of elevation.

— the stone

Agung's most recent major eruption sequence began in November 2017 and continued into 2019, with VEI-3 phreatomagmatic activity that closed Ngurah Rai International Airport at intervals and displaced more than a hundred thousand residents from a multi-kilometre exclusion zone. The 1963 eruption, the previous major event, killed more than a thousand people and reshaped agriculture in the regency for years afterward. The Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, PVMBG, maintains a permanent monitoring post on the volcano's southern flank.

— informed by PVMBG / MAGMA Indonesia
— the dawn

Most climbers leave the gates at Pura Pasar Agung or Pura Besakih around midnight to reach the crater rim before the sun comes up over Lombok and the Wallace Line. The longer route from Besakih traditionally runs six to seven hours up and is the one Balinese pilgrims climb during the Pura Besakih festival cycles. Guides registered with the Karangasem trekking associations are required, and the route closes outright whenever the PVMBG volcano alert level is raised above normal.

— informed by Wikipedia
— where
Indonesia · Karangasem, Bali
— elevation
3,031 m · 9,944 ft
— position
-8.3420° S · 115.5080° 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.
5 km SW
Pura Besakih
temple complex
25 km W
Mount Batur
volcano
45 km SW
Ubud
town
20 km NE
Amed
coastal village
N
Mount Agung
Pura Besakih
Mount Batur
Ubud
Amed
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Mount Agung stands in Karangasem Regency on the eastern side of the Indonesian island of Bali. The summit lies roughly seventy kilometres northeast of Denpasar and dominates the eastern Balinese skyline.

The summit reaches 3,031 metres above sea level, the highest point on Bali. The crater rim is broad and asymmetric, with the highest point on the southern wall.

The most recent major eruption sequence began in November 2017 and continued into 2019, with VEI-3 explosive activity that intermittently closed Ngurah Rai International Airport. The previous major event was in 1963.

In Balinese Hinduism the mountain is the spiritual centre of the island and the axis around which traditional homes and temples are oriented. Pura Besakih on its slopes is the island's mother temple.

Yes, when the volcano alert level permits. Two routes climb from Pura Besakih and Pura Pasar Agung. Most parties leave before midnight to reach the rim by sunrise. Local guides are required.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for someone who grew up on the island or spent meaningful time there. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio works for birthdays, anniversaries, or a returning traveler.

The piece sits with Tropical Modern, Wabi-Sabi neutral, and warm Mountain-modern rooms. The deep blues and earth-reds of the stained-glass treatment carry against rattan, teak, and unfinished plaster.

A single Large works above a standard console. Above a three-seat sofa, a four-tile Mural reads at the right scale; a nine-tile Mural carries a long wall or a stair landing.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any installation that takes water or steam. The Glossy finish is reserved for framed dry display.

Yes. The Mount Agung piece was made in the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, from Reid Wender's original paintings, with no third-party licensing. Every WenderVista tile is produced under the same single-studio model.

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