shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIsrael

at the northern edge of the Negev desert

Beersheba

Name: Beersheba — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — a well at the threshold of the desert.

— 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

— 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 city at the edge of the Negev. In the Hebrew Bible Abraham digs a well here and makes a treaty with Abimelech; the name itself carries that oath. A Byzantine, Ottoman, and modern Israeli city has grown on the tell ever since. Today it is the southern capital of the Negev, the home of Ben-Gurion University, the place where the desert highway turns south. from the studio

from the studio

— bring it home

Beersheba, 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 Beersheba

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

Beersheba sits at the northern edge of the Negev desert in southern Israel, the largest city of the Southern District with a population of roughly 215,000. The modern city is built around the tell of an Iron Age settlement; the ancient mound, Tel Be'er Sheva, lies a few kilometres to the east and was inscribed by UNESCO in 2005 as part of the Biblical Tels World Heritage Site. The city is the seat of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the regional centre for the south.

— informed by Wikipedia — Beersheba, UNESCO — Biblical Tels

— the stone

The old Ottoman quarter, laid out at the start of the twentieth century, is built in soft local limestone in a grid uncommon for the region. The reconstructed Iron Age city at Tel Be'er Sheva preserves a four-room house, a deep stepped well, and a horned altar from the eighth century BCE now kept at the Israel Museum. The newer city around the tell is concrete and white stone, built up rapidly after Israeli statehood in 1948 to anchor the Negev.

— informed by Wikipedia — Tel Be'er Sheva

— the air

Beersheba sits at roughly 260 metres elevation on the threshold of the Negev, where Mediterranean climate gives way to true desert. Summers are dry and hot, often above 35°C in July and August; winters are mild with occasional sharp rain. The light here is the desert's light, hard and clean. The east wind off the Negev, the sharav, can lift fine pale dust through the city for days at a time in spring and autumn.

— informed by Wikipedia — Beersheba (climate)

— where

Israel · Beersheba, Southern District

— elevation

260 m · 853 ft

— position

31.2520° N · 34.7915° 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 E

Tel Be'er Sheva

archaeological tell

10 km S

Negev desert

desert region

2 km N

Ben-Gurion University

university campus

Beersheba

Tel Be'er Sheva

Negev desert

Ben-Gurion University

— common questions

What people ask.

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

— about the place

From the Hebrew Be'er Sheva, meaning either 'well of the oath' or 'well of seven', from the Genesis account of Abraham's treaty with Abimelech and the seven ewe lambs given as a sign of the agreement.

It appears throughout Genesis as a place of the patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all dig wells, raise altars, and make oaths there. The phrase 'from Dan to Beersheba' later marks the full north-to-south extent of biblical Israel.

No. The Iron Age city is preserved at Tel Be'er Sheva, a few kilometres east of the modern centre. The modern Israeli city grew around the early-twentieth-century Ottoman quarter and expanded rapidly after 1948.

It was inscribed in 2005 as one of the Biblical Tels, alongside Megiddo and Hazor. The site preserves an early planned city, a deep water system, and a horned altar from the eighth century BCE.

About 215,000 people in the city proper, with a metro region around 380,000. It is the largest city in the Negev and the regional capital of Israel's Southern District.

Israel's southernmost research university, founded in 1969 and named for the country's first prime minister, who lived in retirement at Kibbutz Sde Boker in the Negev. About 20,000 students attend across its Beersheba campuses.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. Beersheba is the city of the south, the gateway to the Negev, and the patriarchal well of Genesis. A Medium or Large with a handwritten note from the studio carries that weight without overplaying it.

The pale stone and desert palette fit Mediterranean, warm Minimalist, and study or library interiors. It sits comfortably beside oak, brass, and undyed linen, and works against both white and warm clay walls.

A single Large suits a console or entryway. Above a standard sofa the 4-tile Mural reads best. For a wider wall, the 9-tile Mural gives the desert horizon room to extend.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both are scratch-resistant and made for vertical installation on backsplashes and shower walls. Glossy is for framed wall art away from steam.

A soft microfibre cloth with clean water. No abrasives, no ammonia-based sprays. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish, so the surface itself wipes clean.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is made in-house by Reid Wender and the studio. No licensing, no third-party imagery. One eye, one atlas of places.

— if this one stayed with you