shown on ceramic, 12-inch tilePoland

on the Polish Baltic, where the Parsęta meets the sea

Kołobrzeg

Name: Kołobrzeg — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — salt in the wind, brick on the shore.

— 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

— 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 spa town on the Baltic with a cathedral that survived what 1945 did to the rest of it. The brine still rises from the springs that brought patients here in the 1830s. The pier carries walkers out past the surf; the lighthouse keeps watch from the old fortress wall. The light here is cold-bright, even in summer.

from the studio

— bring it home

Kołobrzeg, 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 Kołobrzeg

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

Kołobrzeg sits on Poland's Baltic coast in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, at the mouth of the Parsęta river, about 145 kilometres northeast of Szczecin. Roughly 46,000 people live here. The town has been a salt-trading port since at least the 9th century and grew into a Pomeranian fortress city; the brine springs were formalised as a spa cure in 1830. The 1945 battle for the city reduced about ninety percent of the old town to rubble, but the 14th-century Konkatedra was rebuilt brick by brick.

— informed by Wikipedia

— the stone

The Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the brick centre of the town. Construction began in 1255 and continued for nearly two centuries, producing a Brick Gothic hall church with five naves of nearly equal height, unusual for the region. The asymmetric west tower carries five bells. Soviet artillery reduced the church to a shell in March 1945; reconstruction took from 1957 to the late 1980s, much of the brick salvaged from the original ruin.

— informed by Wikipedia

— the water

The water defines Kołobrzeg twice. The Baltic shore runs eight kilometres of pale-sand beach, with a 220-metre pier extending past the breakwater. Inland, brine springs near the historic salt works carry mineral content used for inhalation halls and mud baths since the spa charter of 1830; the town remains one of Poland's busiest health resorts, drawing roughly a million visitors a year. The Parsęta river meets the sea at the port, where small fishing boats still work the morning tide.

— informed by Wikipedia

— where

Poland · West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

— elevation

3 m · 10 ft

— position

54.1762° N · 15.5837° 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.

145 km SW

Szczecin

Pomeranian capital

200 km E

Gdynia

Baltic port city

90 km NW

Bornholm

Danish island

Kołobrzeg

Szczecin

Gdynia

Bornholm

— common questions

What people ask.

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

— about the place

On Poland's Baltic coast in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, at the mouth of the Parsęta river, about 145 kilometres northeast of Szczecin and 200 kilometres west of Gdynia.

Salt, sea, and spa cures. The town has worked its local brine springs since the Middle Ages and was chartered as a health resort in 1830, drawing about a million spa visitors a year.

The March 1945 battle between Polish and German forces destroyed roughly ninety percent of the historic centre. Reconstruction of the Konkatedra and the old town stretched from the 1950s into the late 1980s.

Construction of the Co-Cathedral Basilica began in 1255 and continued for almost two centuries. It is one of the largest Brick Gothic hall churches in Pomerania, with five naves of nearly equal height.

June through September is the warm-coast season; the pier and beach promenade work best then. Spa visitors come through the winter months as well, because the inhalation halls and brine baths run all twelve months.

Kołobrzeg comes from the Old Polish for around the shore or by the bank, tied to its position on the Parsęta where the river bends toward the Baltic Sea.

— about the piece in your home

It travels well to families with ties to Pomerania or the Kołobrzeg spa coast. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries the brick-and-sea palette of the old town.

Coastal-modern, Hanseatic-brick, and Northern-European minimalist interiors hold it best. The cool blues and warm brick reds sit easily against pale oak, lime-washed walls, and unbleached linen.

Yes. Coastal-modern has shifted away from Caribbean palettes toward cold-sea blues and weathered northern brick. Kołobrzeg sits squarely in that direction.

A single Large covers most sofas. For a longer wall, a four-tile Mural gives the horizon room; a nine-tile Mural carries above a console or sideboard.

Yes. Choose the Dura Satin or Matte finish for humid rooms or vertical installations; both resist scratching and hold colour through steam and splash.

A soft microfibre cloth and water are enough. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish, so it does not lift or fade with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in one studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, under Reid Wender's eye. Nothing is licensed in from outside.

— if this one stayed with you