Wender·Vista
Amman
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileJordan
on a high plateau in the north of Jordan

Amman

— — the old city that learned to keep climbing the hills.

— 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

“Jordan's capital sits at roughly 2,500 feet on a plateau in the country's north. The old centre wraps a Roman theatre cut into the side of Jabal al-Joufah; above it, the Citadel holds the remains of the Umayyad palace and the Temple of Hercules. The city was Rabbath-Ammon to the Ammonites, Philadelphia to the Greeks and Romans, and Amman to the modern kingdom. Pale limestone covers nearly every building by law.

from the studio
Amman
— bring it home

Amman, 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 Amman

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

Amman is the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and its largest city, holding about 4 million people in the metropolitan area. It sits on a high plateau at the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, between the Jordan River valley to the west and the eastern desert. The historic core was built across seven hills, or jabals, around a perennial spring at the head of the Wadi Amman; the modern city now covers more than nineteen named jabals, with elevation at the Citadel reaching roughly 850 metres.

— informed by Wikipedia — Amman
— the stone

Nearly every building in Amman is faced in pale limestone, the result of a municipal regulation that has shaped the city's surface since the mid-twentieth century. The stone is quarried locally and known as Hajar Ma'an, the stone of Ma'an, after the southern town near the largest deposits. The Citadel on Jabal al-Qal'a holds the most visible older stonework — the Temple of Hercules dating to the second century, the Umayyad palace complex from around 730, and a Byzantine church between them.

— the visit

The Roman Theatre at the foot of Jabal al-Joufah was cut into the hillside in the second century and seats roughly six thousand. It is open daily and houses two small folklore museums. The Citadel above the theatre is reached by a steep staircase or a short taxi ride; entry is a single ticket that also covers the Jordan Archaeological Museum on the hilltop. Rainbow Street on Jabal Amman holds the city's most active cafés and small galleries, walkable from downtown in about thirty minutes.

— where
Jordan · Amman, Amman Governorate
— elevation
777 m · 2,549 ft
— position
31.9539° N · 35.9106° 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.
1 km N
Citadel (Jabal al-Qal'a)
ancient hilltop
1 km E
Roman Theatre
Roman theatre
2 km S
Rainbow Street
café street
3 km W
King Abdullah I Mosque
blue-domed mosque
N
Amman
Citadel (Jabal al-Qal'a)
Roman Theatre
Rainbow Street
King Abdullah I Mosque
— common questions

What people ask.

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

A municipal regulation requires nearly every building façade to be faced in pale local limestone, known as Hajar Ma'an. From the surrounding hills the city reads as a continuous white wash across the plateau.

The site has been continuously inhabited for roughly nine thousand years. It was Rabbath-Ammon to the Ammonites, Philadelphia under the Greeks and Romans, and Amman from the early Islamic period to the modern kingdom.

The Citadel sits at about 850 metres, or 2,790 feet. The wider city averages roughly 777 metres, or 2,549 feet, on a high plateau between the Jordan River valley and the eastern desert.

The historic core sat on seven jabals around the Wadi Amman spring. As the city grew through the twentieth century it spread across more than nineteen named hills, each with its own neighbourhood character.

A fortified hilltop on Jabal al-Qal'a holding the remains of the Temple of Hercules from the second century, an Umayyad palace complex from around 730, and a Byzantine church between them.

— about the piece in your home

It has read well for customers with Jordanian roots or close ties to the city. The pale limestone tones in the painting answer to Amman's signature stone. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note carries well.

Warm-neutral and Mediterranean-Modern interiors, Levantine-traditional rooms with carved wood and brass, and minimalist white-plaster spaces. The amber and bone tones of the painting sit well against a quiet wall.

A single Large reads well above a console table or a low cabinet. Above a full sofa, a 4-tile or 9-tile Mural carries the wall scale and lets the hillside open out.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist scratches and read softly in humid rooms. The Glossy finish is held back for framed pieces away from steam and direct splash.

A microfibre cloth and water. The colour is held inside the ceramic surface, not painted on top, so regular cleaning does not dull the painting.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language by Reid Wender. No licensing, no third-party imagery, no shared catalogue.

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