Wender·Vista
Jerusalem
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIsrael
in the Judean Hills, above the Dead Sea

Jerusalem

— — a city built and rebuilt of the same pale stone.

— 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

“Jerusalem sits at around 754 metres in the Judean Hills, and the Old City still fits inside the walls Suleiman the Magnificent rebuilt in 1538. Within them stand the Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, three of the oldest places of continuous prayer in the world. The local limestone is required by law for every façade. — from the studio

from the studio
Jerusalem
— bring it home

Jerusalem, 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 Jerusalem

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

Jerusalem is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with archaeological evidence of settlement reaching back more than five thousand years. It sits at around 754 metres of elevation in the Judean Hills, roughly midway between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. The modern city has a population near 970,000 and surrounds an Old City of about one square kilometre, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Jerusalem is sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is administered by Israel as its capital.

— the stone

A 1918 ordinance issued by British military governor Ronald Storrs required every building façade in Jerusalem to be clad in local limestone, and the rule has been maintained under every administration since. Quarried from the surrounding Judean Hills, the stone weathers from a warm cream when freshly cut to deep gold and rose under centuries of sun. The current Old City walls were rebuilt by Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent between 1535 and 1538, on earlier foundations going back to Hadrian and beyond.

— the light

Photographers and pilgrims both speak of late afternoon as Jerusalem's hour. The limestone walls catch the low western sun and turn the colour of honey, an effect best seen from the Mount of Olives across the Kidron Valley. The Dome of the Rock, completed in 691 CE under Caliph Abd al-Malik, was re-clad in gold-anodised aluminium in 1993 and reflects the sun like a coin. Sunrise from the eastern walls and sunset from the western are the two unrepeatable views.

— where
Israel · Jerusalem, Israel
— elevation
754 m · 2,474 ft
— position
31.7683° N · 35.2137° 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.
at the lake
Western Wall
Jewish holy site
at the lake
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christian holy site
1 km E
Mount of Olives
ridge
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Jerusalem
Western Wall
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Mount of Olives
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Archaeological evidence shows continuous settlement on the site for more than five thousand years. The earliest fortifications date to the Bronze Age, and the city is first mentioned by name in Egyptian Execration Texts from the nineteenth century BCE.

The Old City is the historic walled core of Jerusalem, about one square kilometre in area, divided into Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Armenian Quarters. It contains the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Dome of the Rock, and was inscribed by UNESCO in 1981.

A 1918 ordinance from British military governor Ronald Storrs required all building façades in Jerusalem to be clad in local limestone, now called Jerusalem stone. The rule has been maintained under every later administration and gives the city its distinctive pale gold colour.

Jerusalem sits at roughly 754 metres above sea level in the Judean Hills. From the eastern edge of the city the land drops sharply toward the Dead Sea, the lowest land surface on earth at around 430 metres below sea level, about 24 kilometres away.

Spring, from March through May, and autumn, from late September through November, offer mild temperatures and clear light. Summer is hot and dry, while winter can bring cold rain and occasional snow that closes Old City lanes for a day at a time.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. Jerusalem is a meaningful marker for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim families, for clergy, and for anyone who has made pilgrimage. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well as a gift.

The piece sits well in Mediterranean interiors, warm earth-tone palettes, and rooms built around natural stone and wood. The honey, rose, and gold tones in the artwork read against limewashed walls, walnut, and brushed brass.

It fits the quiet revival of devotional and pilgrimage art in the home. Collectors of Christian iconography, Judaica, and Islamic geometric work often pair it with related pieces as a single sacred wall.

A single Large reads well above a console. Above a full sofa a four-tile Mural or nine-tile Mural carries the scale better and lets the Dome and Mount of Olives breathe across the composition.

Yes. Choose the Dura Satin or Matte finish for steam or splash zones. Both are scratch-resistant and wipe clean with a damp microfibre cloth and plain water.

A soft microfibre cloth and plain water are enough. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it will not fade or lift with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our studio in Knoxville, hand-finished in-house. We do not license imagery in or out, so this piece exists only in our atlas.

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