Wender·Vista
Radom
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tilePoland
in central Poland, about a hundred kilometres south of Warsaw

Radom

— — a working city that keeps its Saturday quiet.

— 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 working city of about two hundred thousand on the Mleczna River in central Poland, an hour and a half by road south of Warsaw. Łucznik has made firearms in Radom since 1922; the FSC plant turned out trucks for fifty years. The old town holds the brick Cathedral of the Virgin Mary and a small market square. Every other August, the air show at the airfield brings the rest of the country in by train.

from the studio
Radom
— bring it home

Radom, 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 Radom

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

Radom sits on the Mleczna River in Mazovian Voivodeship, about a hundred kilometres south of Warsaw and a hundred kilometres north of Kraków. The population is roughly 198,000, making it the fourteenth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in Mazovia after the capital. The city was first chartered under Magdeburg law in 1364 by King Casimir the Great, and the Union of Radom of 1401 confirmed the dynastic tie between Poland and Lithuania. Today it is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Radom.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the stone

The old town centres on Rynek Square and the Gothic-revival Cathedral of the Virgin Mary, completed in 1911 by architect Józef Pius Dziekoński. A few streets west, the Bernardine Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria dates to 1468 and holds the city's oldest medieval brickwork. The Jacek Malczewski Museum on Rynek occupies a Piarist college from 1737 and is named for the Symbolist painter born in Radom in 1854. Most of the historic centre was rebuilt after wartime damage; the rebuilding kept the Baroque and Gothic facades.

— the year

The Radom Air Show, held every other August at Sadków airfield, is the largest aviation event in Central Europe; recent editions have drawn over 200,000 visitors across two days. The Polish Air Force aerobatic team flies there alongside NATO partners. The international Radom Jazz Festival runs each autumn at the Lutosławski Hall. A Corpus Christi procession in late May or June still walks the old town. Łucznik, founded in 1922, holds an annual open day at the historic Radom factory site.

— informed by Radom Air Show
— where
Poland · Radom, Mazovian Voivodeship
— elevation
153 m · 502 ft
— position
51.4000° N · 21.1500° 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.
100 km N
Warsaw
capital city
150 km S
Kraków
city
110 km E
Lublin
city
N
Radom
Warsaw
Kraków
Lublin
— common questions

What people ask.

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

In central Poland, in Mazovian Voivodeship, about a hundred kilometres south of Warsaw and a hundred kilometres north of Kraków. It sits on the Mleczna River, a tributary of the Vistula.

About 198,000 people live in Radom, making it the fourteenth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in Mazovia after Warsaw. The metropolitan area adds roughly another 150,000 across surrounding gminas.

Light industry, firearms manufacturing at Łucznik since 1922, the FSC truck plant of the postwar decades, and the Radom Air Show. The painter Jacek Malczewski was born here in 1854.

A 1401 agreement that confirmed the dynastic union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, building toward the formal Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth signed at Lublin in 1569.

Every other August at Sadków airfield on the southeast edge of the city. Recent editions have drawn over 200,000 visitors across two days, with the Polish Air Force aerobatic team headlining.

By train from Warsaw Central in about ninety minutes, by road on the S7 in about an hour and a half, or by direct flight to Radom-Sadków airport, reopened for commercial service in 2023.

— about the piece in your home

Radom is not the first city a tourist names, which is exactly why this lands. A Small or Medium with a note from the studio reads as a deliberate choice for a Radomian or a Polish-American family.

The warm brick-and-spire palette suits Central European traditional, Polish folk-modern, and Old World rooms with dark wood. It also brings depth to a neutral modern interior that needs one piece with weight.

Yes. The 2020s have seen a steady rise in named-city art outside the obvious capitals. A Large or Mural of Radom signals real ties to the place rather than a stock European print.

Above a sofa, a single Large or a 4-tile Mural fills the wall. A 9-tile Mural carries a longer console or a stair landing. A Medium suits a shorter console on its own.

Yes, in either Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist splashes and scratches, and the colour is set into the surface so the piece will not fade with regular cleaning.

A microfibre cloth and warm water. Avoid abrasive sponges and bleach-based cleaners. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so the surface stays true.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to Reid Wender, the curator of the studio's atlas of places. There is no licensing and no third-party stock under the work.

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