Wender·Vista
Sint Eustatius
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNetherlands
in the northern Leeward Islands of the Caribbean

Sint Eustatius

— — the dormant volcano above the old free port.

— 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 small Dutch island in the northern Leewards, eight square miles of dry forest, lava cliffs, and a single dormant volcano known as the Quill, with a rainforest inside its crater. Oranjestad climbs the cliff above the old anchorage where, in 1776, Fort Oranje gave the new American flag its first salute from a foreign power. The island stays quiet now, off most maps. — from the studio

from the studio
Sint Eustatius
— bring it home

Sint Eustatius, 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 Sint Eustatius

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

Sint Eustatius (called Statia by its residents) is a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean, set in the northern Leeward Islands between Saba and Saint Kitts. The island covers roughly 21 square kilometres and is home to about 3,200 people, most of them living in the capital Oranjestad. Since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in October 2010, Statia has been administered directly from The Hague as a public body. The official languages are Dutch and English; the US dollar is the local currency.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the stone

The Quill is a dormant stratovolcano at the southern end of the island, rising to 600 metres at Mazinga, the highest point of the rim. A rainforest fills the crater, reached by a marked trail from Oranjestad in about an hour and a half. Fort Oranje sits on the cliff above the old anchorage; on 16 November 1776 its commander returned the salute of the American brig Andrew Doria, the first foreign acknowledgement of the new United States flag, an event the islanders still mark each November.

— informed by Wikipedia — The Quill
— the silence

Statia carries about a tenth of the tourism of nearby Saint Martin and a fraction of Saint Kitts. F. D. Roosevelt Airport handles small turboprops from Sint Maarten, six or seven flights a day. The island has a single dive operator chain working the marine park on the leeward coast, a handful of guesthouses, and one road that loops the lower flanks of the Quill. The trade wind comes off the Atlantic and keeps the heat down through the afternoon.

— informed by Wikipedia
— where
Netherlands · Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands
— within
The Quill / Boven National Park
— elevation
600 m · 1,968 ft
— position
17.4833° N · 62.9833° W
— 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.
28 km NW
Saba
neighbouring Dutch island
13 km SE
Saint Kitts
neighbouring island
at the lake
Oranjestad
capital town
N
Sint Eustatius
Saba
Saint Kitts
Oranjestad
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Sint Eustatius lies in the northern Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, between Saba to the northwest and Saint Kitts to the southeast. It is a special municipality of the Netherlands, administered directly from The Hague since October 2010.

The Quill is a dormant stratovolcano that forms the southern half of Sint Eustatius. Its rim reaches 600 metres at Mazinga, and a marked trail from Oranjestad climbs to a rainforest that fills the crater floor.

On 16 November 1776 the commander of Fort Oranje returned a cannon salute to the American brig Andrew Doria, the first foreign acknowledgement of the flag of the new United States. The islanders still mark the date as Statia-America Day.

Connections are by Winair turboprop from Sint Maarten (about twenty minutes) into F. D. Roosevelt Airport. There is also a weekly cargo and passenger ferry from Sint Maarten and Saint Kitts in good weather.

Dutch and English are both official, and English is the everyday language of most residents and of schooling at the lower grades. Many islanders also speak a local English-based creole at home.

No. Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten are separate Dutch islands. Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Sint Eustatius is a smaller special municipality 70 kilometres to the south.

— about the piece in your home

It suits a Statian living off-island, a long-time diver of the marine park, or someone marking Statia-America Day. A Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note carries the volcano well into a far-from-the-tropics home.

The warm volcanic palette and quiet Caribbean composition sit well in coastal-modern, tropical-modern, and warm-neutral rooms. It also reads beautifully against rattan, raw cotton, and the deep greens of indoor plants.

Yes. The cooled-down Caribbean palette of deep ocean blue, basalt grey, and crater green tracks with tropical-modern, which favours one strong place-piece and natural materials over a busy nautical theme.

Above a standard sofa or console, the single Large reads as a focal piece. For a longer wall a four-tile Mural opens the volcano across the room; a nine-tile Mural turns the wall into the view from Oranjestad.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and handle steam and splashes, which makes them right for a kitchen backsplash, a shower surround, or a guest-bathroom wall.

A soft microfibre cloth with plain water is enough. In a kitchen install, a small amount of mild dish soap is fine. Avoid abrasive pads and bleach-based sprays, which can dull the surface over time.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, under the eye of Reid Wender. The artwork is original to our studio and not licensed from any third party.

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