Wender·Vista
Ramat Gan
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIsrael
just east of Tel Aviv, across the Ayalon

Ramat Gan

— — the city where the diamond trade keeps its lights on.

— 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 close neighbour of Tel Aviv on the east side of the Ayalon Highway, sharing the same coastal plain. The skyline is shaped by the diamond exchange towers, including one of the tallest buildings in Israel. Park HaYarkon's eastern reach spills into the city, and the older residential streets keep a low-rise feel that the new towers have not yet reached.

from the studio
Ramat Gan
— bring it home

Ramat Gan, 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 Ramat Gan

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

Ramat Gan sits in the Gush Dan metropolitan core directly east of Tel Aviv, separated from it by the Ayalon Highway and the Ayalon River bed. The city held about 170,000 residents on recent municipal figures. It was founded in 1921 as a moshava called Ir Gannim by immigrants of the Second Aliyah and renamed Ramat Gan — Hebrew for hill of the garden — in 1923. It received city status in 1950 and has grown into one of Israel's principal business districts, with a tower cluster that dominates the eastern skyline of the metropolitan area.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the stone

The Diamond Exchange District anchors the city's skyline. Israel's diamond industry is centred here, and the cluster includes Moshe Aviv Tower, which at 244 metres remains one of the tallest buildings in the country. Bar-Ilan University, founded in 1955, occupies a large campus on the southeast edge of town and is among the largest universities in Israel. Park HaYarkon's eastern reach, including the National Park known as Park Leumi and the Safari at Ramat Gan, gives the dense centre a long green seam that the river has carved for centuries.

— the visit

The Safari, formally the Zoological Center Tel Aviv–Ramat Gan, is the largest collection of wildlife in the Middle East and the only true drive-through safari park of its kind in the region; visitors move through African-savannah enclosures from their own vehicles. Park Leumi, the city's National Park, covers about 1.9 square kilometres and is among the largest urban parks in Israel. Both sit a short distance from the Diamond Exchange and are reachable by bus, by the new Tel Aviv Light Rail Red Line, or on foot from the Savidor train station.

— where
Israel · Tel Aviv District
— elevation
80 m · 262 ft
— position
32.0823° N · 34.8141° 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.
4 km W
Tel Aviv
city
2 km N
Bnei Brak
city
2 km SW
Givatayim
city
1 km central
Safari Ramat Gan
wildlife park
3 km SE
Bar-Ilan University
university campus
N
Ramat Gan
Tel Aviv
Bnei Brak
Givatayim
Safari Ramat Gan
Bar-Ilan University
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Immediately east of Tel Aviv in Israel's Gush Dan metropolitan core, separated from the city by the Ayalon Highway. It sits in the central coastal plain about ten kilometres inland from the Mediterranean.

Israel's diamond industry is centred here in the Diamond Exchange District, a cluster of towers near the city's western edge that handles a significant share of the world's polished-diamond trade.

It was established in 1921 as an agricultural moshava called Ir Gannim, renamed Ramat Gan — hill of the garden — in 1923, and granted city status by the new State of Israel in 1950.

Moshe Aviv Tower, completed in 2001 in the Diamond Exchange District, rises to about 244 metres and is among the tallest completed buildings in Israel.

The Zoological Center Tel Aviv–Ramat Gan is the largest wildlife collection in the Middle East and the only drive-through African-savannah enclosure of its kind in the region. Most visits run two to three hours.

Bar-Ilan University, founded in 1955, occupies a large campus on the southeast edge of the city. It is among the largest universities in Israel by enrolment and a major research institution.

— about the piece in your home

Ramat Gan residents tend to identify strongly with the city as distinct from Tel Aviv. A Medium or Large with a handwritten note from the studio carries that distinction; a Coaster Set works for a smaller gesture.

The blue, amber, and stone palette sits with Mediterranean-modern, warm minimalist, and Levantine interiors. It also lifts a more neutral living room where the surrounding wood and stone are kept quiet.

Mediterranean-modern has moved toward painted, place-specific art rather than generic seascapes; a ceramic tile of a named Israeli city sits squarely in that move. The Mural scales for a feature wall.

A single Large covers a standard sofa back; a 4-tile Mural fills the wall above a longer sectional; a 9-tile Mural takes a feature wall above a credenza or console table.

Yes, in either Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and handle moisture; the Glossy finish is best kept to drier wall art where the sheen reads as intended.

A soft microfibre cloth with water is enough. The colour lives in the ceramic surface itself, so it will not lift; avoid abrasive pads and harsh solvents to preserve the thin glossy finish.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is curated and painted in the studio under Reid Wender's eye. Nothing is licensed in or resold; the atlas is a single studio's body of work.

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