Wender·Vista
Dasmariñas
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tilePhilippines
in Cavite province, about thirty kilometres south of Manila

Dasmariñas

— — a market town that became a city without losing the road.

— 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 Cavite city on the old road south from Manila, named for the Spanish governor-general killed in 1593 on a galley in Manila Bay. The Battle of Binakayan-Dalahican was fought along its western edge in 1896. Today the highway frontage is malls and university campuses, but the inner barangays still hold the parish church and the small streets behind it.

from the studio
Dasmariñas
— bring it home

Dasmariñas, 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 Dasmariñas

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

Dasmariñas is a component city in the province of Cavite on Luzon, roughly thirty kilometres south of Manila along the Aguinaldo Highway corridor. The 2020 census recorded a population of 703,141, making Dasmariñas the most populous city in Cavite and one of the larger cities in the Calabarzon region. The territory sits on a low volcanic plateau between the Salitran and Paliparan ridges, with the Imus River draining north toward Manila Bay. The municipality was renamed for the Spanish governor-general Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas in 1867, and was reclassified as a city in 2009.

— informed by Wikipedia, City government
— the year

The hills west of Dasmariñas were the site of the Battle of Binakayan-Dalahican on 9-11 November 1896, an early Filipino victory of the Philippine Revolution under generals Emilio Aguinaldo and Mariano Trías against Spanish forces. The city observes the anniversary alongside the broader Cavite revolutionary commemorations each November. The municipal hall complex along Congressional Road preserves period photographs and a small revolutionary marker on its grounds, with the larger Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit thirty kilometres north and the Tejeros Convention site at San Francisco de Malabon nearby.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the visit

The city centres on the Immaculate Conception Parish on Burgos Street, the colonial-era Catholic church that anchors the original poblacion. De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, established in 1987 on a 27-hectare campus along Aguinaldo Highway, draws a daytime student population that doubles the city's working-hour density. SM City Dasmariñas and Robinsons Place Dasmariñas serve as the modern commercial cores, while jeepneys and modern buses move continuously up and down the highway between Bacoor to the north and Tagaytay to the south on the ridge.

— where
Philippines · Cavite, Calabarzon
— elevation
134 m · 440 ft
— position
14.3294° N · 120.9367° 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.
25 km S
Tagaytay
ridge city above Taal Lake
10 km N
Imus
Cavite capital city
15 km N
Bacoor
Cavite coastal city
12 km S
Silang
upland Cavite municipality
30 km N
Manila
national capital
N
Dasmariñas
Tagaytay
Imus
Bacoor
Silang
Manila
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas, the Spanish governor-general of the Philippines from 1590 until his murder aboard a galley in 1593. The town was renamed in his honour in 1867, replacing its earlier name Perez Dasmariñas.

The 2020 census recorded 703,141 residents, making Dasmariñas the most populous city in Cavite province and one of the larger cities in the Calabarzon region of Luzon, just south of Metro Manila.

The Battle of Binakayan-Dalahican, fought 9-11 November 1896 in the hills west of Dasmariñas, was an early Filipino victory of the Philippine Revolution under generals Emilio Aguinaldo and Mariano Trías against Spanish colonial forces.

About thirty kilometres south along the Aguinaldo Highway corridor, roughly an hour to ninety minutes by jeepney or bus depending on traffic. The city sits between Imus to the north and Silang to the south.

De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, founded in 1987 on a 27-hectare campus along Aguinaldo Highway. The campus is one of the larger De La Salle network institutions outside Metro Manila and serves much of southern Cavite.

Roman Catholic. The Immaculate Conception Parish on Burgos Street is the colonial-era church anchoring the original poblacion, with the Iglesia Filipina Independiente and various Protestant congregations also active across the city.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for that audience. Dasmariñas is one of the better-known Cavite cities, and the parish church, the highway frontage, and the surrounding ridges read clearly to anyone who grew up there or studied at De La Salle.

The warm earth tones and stained-glass blacks suit tropical Modern, Filipino heritage interiors, and warm Minimalist rooms with rattan or narra wood. It reads well against limewashed walls or capiz accents.

Yes. Filipino designers are returning to provincial place portraits as a counter to generic tropical prints. A specific Cavite city, painted with care, carries more weight in a Manila condo than another beach scene.

A single Large reads well above a small console or in a hallway. Above a standard sofa, a four-tile Mural fills the wall properly, and a nine-tile Mural anchors a larger living room.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The surface resists scratches and moisture, and the colour lives in the ceramic rather than on top of it, so steam and splash do not affect it.

A microfibre cloth and water are enough for routine dusting. For a deeper clean, a mild dish soap with a soft cloth is safe. Avoid abrasive pads or solvent-based cleaners on the surface.

Yes. Reid Wender curates the WenderVista atlas, and each tile is painted, finished, and shipped from our Knoxville studio. No licensing, no third-party prints, one studio behind the whole catalogue.

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